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Oil’s value is not just economic, but military. If you don’t control a pretty large source of oil, you won’t win the war.
by erikpukinskis 5y ago
Oil’s value is not just economic, but military. If you don’t control a pretty large source of oil, you won’t win the war.
- eggy 5y agoUnless soldiers carry solar panels as suggested by VP Kamala Harris into the field. I guess night combat will be called on account of no sun ;) Gas still has a high energy density, so it will be important for the foreseeable future, military applications or otherwise.
- jeremysalwen 5y agoThat's actually a pretty interesting idea! The commercially available panels with the highest specific power are about 700 W/kg (with an estimated upper bound of 1.2 W/kg) [1], in comparison to gasoline which is 12.5kWh/kg. Solar exposure can be about 5-6 hours of full sun equivalent per day. So the breakeven point would be about two to three days of charging! [1] https://www.osti.gov/pages/servlets/purl/1485564 https://www.osti.gov/pages/servlets/purl/1485564)