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IMHO, the easiest way forward that makes sense from an engineering as well as financial standpoint: overbuild as much energy capture as possible: solar, wind, n
by goethes_kind 4y ago
IMHO, the easiest way forward that makes sense from an engineering as well as financial standpoint:
overbuild as much energy capture as possible: solar, wind, nuclear, doesn't matter as long as it is captured at a location where it is cheap and convenient to do so.
Then use power-to-gas tech and get a well behaved hydrocarbon fuel which is easy to transport anywhere in the world, stores energy at a high density in a relatively safe way, and can be used in practically all applications.
And yes the conversion is super inefficient, which is why you need the energy capture to be cheap and to have maybe 300% of needed capacity.
- konschubert 4y agoMethane or Ammonia.
- f6v 4y agoCow farts affecting climate: solved.
- konschubert 4y agoIt is climate neutral if you make it from renewable electricity and you burn it afterwards.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoIt's cow burps that were an issue, but manure is already used to create carbon negative fuels and/or hydrogen while cutting pollution: https://www.historylink.org/File/20270 https://www.historylink.org/File/20270
- rr888 4y agoThanks, this is what I was trying to say but you did it better. :) Its fascinating things like Steel Mills which require a lot of heat are probably best located in deserts.