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Electricity was cleaner than gasoline, and steam was more powerful than the gasoline at the time. The article did not claim either was both.
by bryanlarsen 2y ago
Electricity was cleaner than gasoline, and steam was more powerful than the gasoline at the time. The article did not claim either was both.
- jessriedel 2y agoLand yachts and nuclear trains are cleaner and more powerful, respectively, than cars.
- hollerith 2y agoSure, but in the next sentence it asserts that either electric or steam couldve replace ICE in vehicles, which is true only if you ignore air pollution (and fuel efficiency) in the steam scenario.
- hollerith 2y agoICE is a better tech for vehicle motors because IC compresses air by a factor of about 10 before combustion, which is much more efficient than combustion at atmospheric pressure as is done in a steam boiler.