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Re:In the US, it's cheaper to build and operate wind farms t... by raverbashing on Sunday August 18, 2019 @11:28AM (#20730751)
I am aware of the Carnot efficiency, my issue with the engineers is that they can't make big gains anymore, exactly because of the Carnot limit.

Best way of making a gasoline car (not the engine - the car) efficient is taking the throttle of the engine out and attaching a hybrid/regenerative generator/motor to it.

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Re:In the US, it's cheaper to build and operate wind farms t... by adrianN on Monday August 19, 2019 @04:50AM (#20736061)
The best way of making the car efficient is doing something about the fact that we use two tons of steel to move 100kg of human.
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Re:In the US, it's cheaper to build and operate wind farms t... by raverbashing on Monday August 19, 2019 @06:35AM (#20736570)
Yes, but that's a market problem ;)

Maybe the electric scooters/mopeds are the solution?

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