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I wouldn't look to Musk to create cheap and environmentally friendly hydrocarbon fuels. ;) At least not until every house already has an outlet for their Tesl
by nostromo 13y ago
I wouldn't look to Musk to create cheap and environmentally friendly hydrocarbon fuels. ;) At least not until every house already has an outlet for their Tesla.
- jboggan 13y agoI hope Musk would have better business sense than lifting hydrocarbons from Venus back to Earth in order to burn them in cars! This would be for fueling transport and exploration of the solar system, it's always cheaper to make it there than bring it with you.
- trhway 13y agoi think efficient fuel cells converting "cheap and environmentally friendly hydrocarbon fuels" straight into electricity would definitely be of interest to Musk - replace the 500Kg battery with 200Kg of the cell and the fuel and double the range of the Tesla. Of course there is also batteries (metal-air) with 10x capacity vs. current lithium-ion - in couple years they may make even the above mentioned fuel cell improvements obsolete.
- mikeash 13y agoI don't see why not. He builds electric cars, yes, but he also builds rockets. Falcon 9 burns kerosene with liquid oxygen and burns about 30,000 gallons for a launch.