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The difference being Swiss watches are elegantly engineered pieces of art whereas internal combustion engines of any kind are essentially just rube goldberg mac
by Peanuts99 1mo ago
The difference being Swiss watches are elegantly engineered pieces of art whereas internal combustion engines of any kind are essentially just rube goldberg machines that we have collectively normalised as a society.
- tpaschalis 1mo agoI think you’re underselling the amount of sophistication and refinement that goes into a modern ICE, which is the backbone of a big part of the global economy.
- bigtex88 1mo agoThat doesn't change the fact that they are worse at what they do than an equivalent electric motor. There's zero reason we need ICE. We have better technology, we just don't have the will (at least in America) to fully adopt it.
- vivzkestrel 1mo agoyou are underestimating what it takes to get a car to run at 450 kmph by a magnitude of 10x
- linksnapzz 1mo agoReddit is --> thataway