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> Neither of which are very practicable with pure electric Yet. The surge in electric cars is a driving force for new tech - higher energy density batteries,
by testing22321 6mo ago
> Neither of which are very practicable with pure electric
Yet.
The surge in electric cars is a driving force for new tech - higher energy density batteries, faster charge rates, longer life, etc etc.
For shipping it’s only a matter of when.
Planes are harder, but just today electric choppers started flying in NYC. It’s coming.
- throw0101c 6mo agoI'm not against hoping that things will improve, but there's a lot of handwaving here, and an indeterminate path to "oil is cooked". Remember that oil/petroleum is used in things like plastics, fertilizer, lubrication, non-natural-rubber seals/gaskets, LNG extraction has helium extraction has a by-product. Reduction in oil-for-transportation can be reduced (thus reducing climate change effects), with oil-for-other-things still being a thing.
- richwater 6mo ago[dead]
- pfdietz 6mo agoThe entire US jet fuel consumption could be more than adequately covered by fuel produced from the carbon in US waste streams.