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In reply to the discussion: Where are we going with electric cars? Are we kidding ourselves if every time... [View all]Caribbeans
(784 posts)33. Here's one way
A few of these every 2-300 miles across the southwest US and voila- hydrogen for cars and trucks in that region. No more diesel or petrol. No more billions for Saudi Arabia. No more petrodollar.
Have you heard the cost projections RE: H2 from cheap solar/wind sources? If solar costs ~.01 cents per kWh and it takes around 45-50 kWh for a Kg of hydrogen anyone can do the math. No refining or shipping costs to add. Of course this is all blaspheme to anyone that thinks the US Dollar should be tied to Oil.
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Where are we going with electric cars? Are we kidding ourselves if every time... [View all]
brush
Aug 2023
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It is just shy of delusional to think that these fusion expt's will lead to practical energy.
NNadir
Aug 2023
#41
Hydrogen vehicles are not really "here." Anyway these Potemkin demonstration garbage devices...
NNadir
Aug 2023
#48
When I was a child my parents occasionally made do without refrigerators or freezers.
hunter
Aug 2023
#37
There is no energy transition; and the belief that so called "renewable energy" will become...
NNadir
Aug 2023
#42
You are missing the point, brush. First, electric cars will be far more efficient than fossil-fuel
Martin68
Aug 2023
#12
I am kind of at a loss as to what would replace EVs if they are a "stopgap"
Miguelito Loveless
Aug 2023
#23
But we're not going to along without them. Again, EVs are not the final evolution.
brush
Aug 2023
#43
Solar and wind energy can't even run the computers and servers dedicated to saying how great they...
NNadir
Aug 2023
#44