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It works super-great, collected in the tropics and shipped in chemical form. Before you object to depending on imported liquid fuel, consider that most of the w
by moloch-hai 4y ago
It works super-great, collected in the tropics and shipped in chemical form. Before you object to depending on imported liquid fuel, consider that most of the world does already.
The main difference is that literally anybody can make it, not just "oil exporting countries" and "fuel refiners". And, will. And export excess production when local tankage is full.
- iso1631 4y agoLast I looked, round-tripping solar via liquid fuel and back to electricity was under 2% before transport costs
- moloch-hai 4y agoMaybe look again without assuming hydrocarbon. Ammonia is a good transport medium, liquid at room temperature under low compression.