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Isn't the energy return on investment for this extremely low and/or negative? Am I missing something here?
by jnmandal 2y ago
Isn't the energy return on investment for this extremely low and/or negative? Am I missing something here?
- api 2y agoIt's a way of storing energy. You use solar, nuclear, wind, etc. to make ammonia.
- jnmandal 2y agoI get that but isn't it like 100x more efficient to be storing that energy to offset intermittency/base power or selling that ammonium as fertilizer to offset hydrocarbon-based haber bosch ferts?
- api 2y agoThere are more efficient ways, but batteries are heavy and still not as compact as liquid fuels. If you want to run ships on non-carbon-based energy making a liquid fuel is one way that can work today.