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Obviously perchlorate, etc, isn't great. I don't know whether this invention will find any use. Applications of liquid fuels which are remote, in high fire-ri
by mlyle 3y ago
Obviously perchlorate, etc, isn't great. I don't know whether this invention will find any use.
Applications of liquid fuels which are remote, in high fire-risk environments, don't lend themselves to other safety countermeasures during fueling, and don't lend themselves to electrification are tiny portions of the energy market, but still could be quite noticeable in absolute terms.
But that's not why I answered you. I answered in the way I did because you responded to a question "why do you think combustion fuels are a dead-end?". Even if we take the absolute best path for climate and get lucky on some aspects of battery and electrification economics, we're still going to be burning significant quantities of fuels for the next 100 years. They will be markets in significant decline, but still huge.
- agloe_dreams 3y agoI did not make the first comment above that so I read it a little differently, but the point, in this context, stands. Gasoline combustion, in the context of the article, is a dead end.
- mlyle 3y agoThe fuel we're talking about isn't a really good gasoline alternative, anyways. Gasoline isn't mentioned in the article, except as an example of a very volatile, easily ignited fuel.