I started the week trying to figure out how my idea would compare to what is currently available in the United States. In other words, I wanted to understand the cost comparisons between my process of refining hydrogen on-site compared to how hydrogen is refined today.
The result was actually quite confusing, and this was because there is no direct answer to my question, and that simply has to do with all of the variables that go into the refinery process, and this can literally be anything from size to energy consumption.

To quote,” the hydrogen production cost from natural gas via steam reforming of methane varies from about 1.25 US$/kg for large systems to about 3.50 US$/kg for small systems with a natural gas price of 0.3 US$/kg”. Then there is Distributed electrolysis, “Distributed production is considered by many authors to be the most likely pathway during the market development of energy systems. In this case, hydrogen must be used close to the production point (Levin and Chahine, 2010). The distributed production infrastructure could consist of natural gas reformers or electrolyzers located at the point of use, for example, refueling station or stationary power generation. This pathway does not require substantial hydrogen delivery infrastructure. The cost of decentralized H2 production may exceed US$6/kg today (hydrogen production and distribution). The centralized production benefits from large economies of scale, but to be commercially viable there is a need to develop distribution technologies.”

First, none of these processes are clean and wouldn’t help the environment. Second, It doesn’t make sense to use electrolysis or steam reforming on-site, both would require a massive amount of energy.

I understand that this may be confusing, but I haven’t even gotten to how my process compares to the production of gasoline.

Here is the process for the refinement and distribution of Gasoline today. 
Now, I’m 75% sure that based on this model my plan would cut out the price of transportation & retail, refining costs & crude oil. Now the reason why I’m only 75% sure is because there is a high probability that those costs have the potential to show up in another form. I’m just not sure which because the technology I want to use doesn’t exist and needs to be created and tested.

Regardless, my quest for this week was a dead end, there was simply no way for me to compare my technology to existing technology without real-world application.