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Because there are a lot of applications where you've just got to have an internal combustion engine, and that will remain the case for many years. Everything fr
by owenversteeg 8y ago
Because there are a lot of applications where you've just got to have an internal combustion engine, and that will remain the case for many years. Everything from aerospace to long-distance to simply low-cost applications usually require ICEs and the high fuel density that comes along with them.
- zrobotics 8y agoAnother point is easily refuelable. Chainsaws are by and large 2 stroke due to weight, and while electric saws do exist they have a short runtime. Hauling enough batteries into the woods for a day of firewood cutting isn't an option when 1.5gal of fuel will more than suffice.
- dsfyu404ed 8y ago>while electric saws do exist they have a short runtime. It doesn't help that they're all flimsy consumer models that break if you even think about doing real work with them.