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Originally Posted by jvincent
And if you add the energy density of gasoline to that chart you realize why batteries are not the best long haul solution.
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This is the reality of the issue, chemical fuels beat the absolute shit out of everything else.
If there was a switch to turn off using non-renewable chemical fuels in all first world countries overnight and it got flipped, life would carry on after a few years of scrambling to cover the gaps. (which is why I'm a fan of Diesel, renewable bio-diesel is very real and very close, the emissions are still tricky, but not as terrible as all the recent scandals will have you believe)
If you flipped the switch for second or third world countries they would be sent back to the pre-industrial era with their only hope of recovery being generosity from the more advanced countries. Gasoline/diesel/ethanol needs to be
beaten and that won't happen until you can store, transfer, and use a cleaner energy source as easily as a bottle of liquid fuel.
I think that's why hydrogen gets such a push from Japanese companies, they see their Asian neighbors selling fuel like this:
Replacing those bottles with reusable hydrogen cannisters is an easier concept to wrap your head around than hoping there is some mythical battery tech we just haven't figured out yet.
Or we could just embrace globalization and make a conscious effort to put the good of humanity over the profits of a few. *looks at 2016*
