Ericus1
Ericus1 t1_j10fsyv wrote
Reply to comment by solidrecommendations in Anyone know what the figure means next to the # of cars? It’s new, I fear change. by 858
Was going to say it tells you to walk to the front or back of the train, since those cars are generally less full, but I saw someone else had already made the same point further down.
Ericus1 t1_iydbezv wrote
Reply to comment by haircut50cents in Rolls-Royce successfully tests hydrogen-powered jet engine by je97
Environmentalists are not the ones pushing for hydrogen. Look at who actually is pushing it and funding lobbying groups behind it - it's the natgas/fossil fuels industries, desperately trying to push something they can produce and control into these sectors. Same as with heating, other areas of transportation, and storage.
Ericus1 t1_iyatfau wrote
Reply to comment by GandalfSwagOff in Rolls-Royce successfully tests hydrogen-powered jet engine by je97
Yes. The round-trip conversion to first produce then use hydrogen is significantly less efficient than directly using the electricity or fossil fuels themselves. Problem is batteries aren't energy dense enough for long-range flight and fossils are dirty. However, hydrogen - unless frozen and compressed - also has terrible energy density and requires highly specialized storage and handling. The better solution IMO is not stopping at hydrogen but going to fully synthetic fossil fuels, but either way will require massive surpluses of green power that don't exist yet. Right now 99% of hydrogen comes from natgas.
Ericus1 t1_iyas72s wrote
Reply to comment by KingRBPII in Rolls-Royce successfully tests hydrogen-powered jet engine by je97
Fully synthetic fossil fuels using green energy to manufacture. Still massively energy intensive, would need the same hydrogen as a feedstock, but vastly safer, more stable, uses existing infrastructure, and would be carbon neutral.
Ericus1 t1_j2a4ms3 wrote
Reply to Pele at District of Columbia Stadium (RFK) (1968) by Ultraxxx
Uh, that is just part of the guy on the left's quad there, right? I'm just seeing things, this doesn't need a NSFW tag right? It wouldn't the first time a candid sports picture captured an accidental reveal.