• thoughtorgan@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    ICE is here too stay. It’s pure gasoline usage that will probably fall out of fashion. Toyota is experiencing with ammonia based engines that cut down on emissions almost entirely.

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      10 months ago

      There is no large well of ammonia that we can use for fuel. Transforming green electricity into a liquid fuel, whether hydrogen, ammonia or something else invariably results in large efficiency losses compared to battery technology.

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        10 months ago

        Batteries are not a sustainable solution. For vehicles the size of SUVs, they are a disaster. In reality, the vast majority of transportation will be powered by some kind of chemical fuel. If you must have electrified vehicles, then you should look at trams, trolleybuses, light rail, etc.

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          10 months ago

          a btter pint would be to bring how batteries don’t work for Semi, planes, and boats. We can easily live a world with out suvs, but wee can’t get by with out freight shipping