Re: Batteries - EV Conversion

Jim Wilkins <muratlanne@gmail.com> wrote:

 
 
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Jim Wilkins <muratlanne@gmail.com> wrote:

BP wrote in message news:vq5ne9$1io8u$1@dont-email.me...
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In fact, if one wanted to build a low-emission truck
the use of methane, either compressed or liquefied, makes
a great deal of sense. That tech is already commercial.
And, methane is cheap.
bob prohaska
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But methane is a fossil fuel and a climate change contributor, more so if
it
leaks.

 
That's merely a case of perfection being the enemy of good enough.
Methane is the best bridge fuel we have access to in quantities
and at a cost that isn't hugely disruptive.
 
bob prohaska
 
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And yet it is inferior to electricity as a heating source?

Electricity isn't a source, it's a transmission medium,
same as hydrogen.

Perhaps I'm missing your point, if so please elaborate.

bob prohaska