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Cake day: June 25th, 2023

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  • Turns out lugging millions of heavy metal boxes around is a tough thing to make climate friendly

    I wonder if we were developing petroleum refining and engines now instead of them being established and subsidised, if we would also find them to be unfeasible. I know petroleum products are ludicrously energy dense, but the whole process to make it usable is pretty intense, the infrastructure needed to get it everywhere is extensive, it leaks, it burns, and it smells bad.

    It would be interesting to see the modern day cost associated with building out and maintaining gas infrastructure for cars