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34k5jo3i4toig
7y ago
You have 20.5 years until Petrol cars are outlawed in the UK. Best get saving. Also -- this is no such thing is carbon neutral petrol.
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34k5jo3i4toig
7y ago
Every cycle has a 50% cost in renewable power. This is close to being carbon neutral, but it is not entirely. Its not a closed loop. You have a growing loss every cycle. Its digging yourself deeper every time.
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34k5jo3i4toig
7y ago
My issue is that this is a step in the wrong direction, it is incentivizing the current dirty status quo. Why would anyone replace their dirty engine if they can feel good about by using your 'cleaned' fuel. I agree we need to do
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34k5jo3i4toig
7y ago
IMHO this is a waste of time. You are wasting clean energy sources to make dirty ones -- at best a 50-60% loss of energy. And you end up with dirty fuel, that further produces CO2, in which the cycle repeats, with a net loss. In the near fu