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The energy balance is significant negative. The point is to take cheap renewables and renewable hydrogen to make the fuel so I can be carbon neutral. But basic
by barney54 5y ago
The energy balance is significant negative. The point is to take cheap renewables and renewable hydrogen to make the fuel so I can be carbon neutral. But basic thermodynamics says it will always be energy negative.
- bobthepanda 5y agoWell, the point is not really to make it carbon neutral, but rather to reduce the amount of liquid fuel that needs to get supplied to a base, since tanker trucks and ships are fairly soft targets.
- yCombLinks 5y agoThe environmental standpoint has a separate goal with synth fuels than the government, which is the goal OP was focusing on.