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Re:A Quest to Make Gasoline Out of Thin Air: Prometheus (YC ... by m463 on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @09:21PM (#19793712)
That would be ironic.

We would gradually go from coal and (natural gas) powered electric cars, to nuclear powered ICE cars.

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Re:A Quest to Make Gasoline Out of Thin Air: Prometheus (YC ... by gridspy on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @09:56PM (#19793867)
I think the point is that we

1. Keep making more electric cars 2. Rather than throwing away ICE cars, we give them better fuel to use.

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Re:A Quest to Make Gasoline Out of Thin Air: Prometheus (YC ... by amluto on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @10:25AM (#19797251)
There are also ICE farm and construction vehicles, airplanes, generators in rural areas, pumps, etc. Gasoline is an extremely convenient fuel.
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Re:A Quest to Make Gasoline Out of Thin Air: Prometheus (YC ... by rmcginnis on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @10:51PM (#19794117)
Agreed!
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