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That makes sense. I guess the questions would be whether the material science can really allow us to make use of that, and how the end-to-end efficiency weights
by xoa 6y ago
That makes sense. I guess the questions would be whether the material science can really allow us to make use of that, and how the end-to-end efficiency weights against the infrastructure/engineering greenfield costs that synthetic fuels avoid. Being able to just keep using all existing engines/storage/distribution knowledge we already have is a major economic advantage. Electric will cover most land based transportation, and we need negative carbon technology anyway, so de novo hydrogen R&D has less to spread out across. If solar/nuclear becomes cheap enough, less efficient for more convenient might still be a worthwhile trade off. But I guess that's something for experts to crunch out. Thanks for the reply.
- dcustodio 6y agoDon't forget that wind turbines still produce at night when there is less demand. So either you use that power to pump water upstream (if you have dams) or you can use it to produce Hydrogen.