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Random fact: gasoline was initially a waste product of producing kerosene - essentially free. So yes prices of gasoline went up once it started being widely us
by extropy 7y ago
Random fact: gasoline was initially a waste product of producing kerosene - essentially free.
So yes prices of gasoline went up once it started being widely used.
IMO the storage and transportation issue is what kills hydrogen. Also compression losses are nontrivial.
Assuming we need to manufacture fuel in renewable way methane or ethanol sounds like good ways to go. Both can be done in scale by abusing bacteria/algee.
Overall I want my car to just have a standard form factor "power unit" and swap it out to whatever the new hotness is.