▲ 589 ▼ The King's Art (i.redd.it) submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Beep@lemmus.org to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world 34 comments fedilink hide all child comments War and Peas: Mastodon; Bluesky.
[–] nBodyProblem@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago (2 children) It’s valuable for reducing smog and makes great fuel for performance cars permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bridgeenjoyer@gamepad.club 2 points 5 months ago @nBodyProblem @mnemonicmonkeys at a 40% efficiency hit yes. It is great for turbos! permalink fedilink source parent [–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) It’s valuable for reducing smog And EV's are even better at it. And public transportation. Overall, we need to work towards on mass public transport, EV's in smaller vehicles, and hydrogen fuels for larger vehicles. Ethanol could still be produced for the things that absolutely can't work as an EV or fuel cell, but the scale we make it at is way larger than needed for that permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nBodyProblem@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago Okay? How is that relevant? Basically nobody in the current era is suggesting ethanol as an alternative to any of the things you are mentioning, and realistically ethanol is not being used as a primary fuel source. Most cars can’t even take E85 without modifications. It’s used as a fuel additive, for which is has significant public health benefits, and for industrial uses like a perfumery ingredient or a solvent permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bridgeenjoyer@gamepad.club 2 points 5 months ago @nBodyProblem @mnemonicmonkeys at a 40% efficiency hit yes. It is great for turbos! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) It’s valuable for reducing smog And EV's are even better at it. And public transportation. Overall, we need to work towards on mass public transport, EV's in smaller vehicles, and hydrogen fuels for larger vehicles. Ethanol could still be produced for the things that absolutely can't work as an EV or fuel cell, but the scale we make it at is way larger than needed for that permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nBodyProblem@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago Okay? How is that relevant? Basically nobody in the current era is suggesting ethanol as an alternative to any of the things you are mentioning, and realistically ethanol is not being used as a primary fuel source. Most cars can’t even take E85 without modifications. It’s used as a fuel additive, for which is has significant public health benefits, and for industrial uses like a perfumery ingredient or a solvent permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nBodyProblem@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago Okay? How is that relevant? Basically nobody in the current era is suggesting ethanol as an alternative to any of the things you are mentioning, and realistically ethanol is not being used as a primary fuel source. Most cars can’t even take E85 without modifications. It’s used as a fuel additive, for which is has significant public health benefits, and for industrial uses like a perfumery ingredient or a solvent permalink fedilink source parent
