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It's too bad we can't run on LNG or H2 because of the improved energy / mass densities. 4 kcal/g: Carbs and protein 7: Ethanol 9: Fats and lipids 11: Gasoli
by 1letterunixname 3y ago
It's too bad we can't run on LNG or H2 because of the improved energy / mass densities.
4 kcal/g: Carbs and protein
7: Ethanol
9: Fats and lipids
11: Gasoline
13: LNG
34: H2 *
* Hydrogen storage and distribution infrastructure is an exercise for the reader.
- WillAdams 3y agoWe do, sort of, just not very efficiently --- we burn up to 10 calories of petro-chemical energy in our industrial farming practices to get 1 calorie of food energy.