this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2023
1100 points (95.2% liked)
Memes
45725 readers
984 users here now
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Non sequitur. Nobody said we had to turn atmospheric carbon back into the same fuel it originally came out of.
This is only an issue for long-haul trucks, so, obvious solution: electric trains. No battery required.
There are plenty of EVs on the road already. If that was as likely as you're trying to make it sound, it would have happened many times already.
Yeah, lithium-ion batteries are volatile, but they aren't that volatile. Solid-state batteries are even less so.
I won't comment on whether it's acceptable, but it definitely isn't correct. The R word refers to people whose brains are impaired, not merely underused.
That's the real problem, not the technology. We can solve this problem without massive sacrifices, but we won't, because some very lucrative businesses would become obsolete in the process, and their owners would sooner burn down the world and rule over the ashes than tolerate the loss of their wealth.