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  • Ethanol burns like crap, produces the same or more emissions than gasoline, and generally is a terrible fuel.

    The reason we started making E85 was because there was concerns about not having enough gasoline production in the states. Then we discovered fracking, and we started to “drill baby drill”.

    Electric or Plug In Hybrids are a much better option. You can produce the fuel entirely with solar, wind, nuclear, etc. if you put your mind to it, they’re much more efficient, and even accounting for the battery production emissions, they surpass greenhouse gas emissions within a few years of ownership.

    Electric batteries are expensive and hard to fix, yes. This needs to be worked on. However, the cost of ownership is much lower, so you aren’t “bleeding out” costs over time like an ICE. It’s just a big “wham” for a batt replacement.

    Also, an electric battery doesn’t typically just go completely dead all at once. It loses 10-30% of it’s capacity after the first 8-10 years. That means if you had 200 miles of range, now you have 140-180 miles of range. Unless the battery has a fault or the electrical system completely fails, this is fine. Most people drive less than 50 miles round trip for a commute. Even at double that, you still have 1/3 of your batt left.

    If you’re a two car family, IMHO, one fully electric and one plug-in hybrid is the way to go.

    If you’re a one car family who takes lots of road trips, plug-in hybrid. If not, all electric.











  • An airplane flown from a country known for terrible safety standards crashed? Color me shocked.

    This from the same country where it’s common practice to make plastic poles with wire to attach directly to power lines, weld without welding face masks, use power tools with bare feet or sandals, overload scooters with 3x their load bearing capacity, and much more.

    My heart goes out to everyone who lost someone on this flight, but it’s sadly not surprising. India really needs to invest in workplace and personal safety, which is going to be a gigantic cultural shift.


  • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.worldAndroid 16 is here
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    Poor Seang Chau. They wrote this blog post in a total of three paragraphs, but Google was still like “WOULD YOU LIKE AN AI SUMMARY?” at the top.

    Literally took me about 45 seconds to read all of the features, but Google is over here burning down another rainforest to process an AI summary of a three paragraph blog post with three pictures.