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Re:Volvo Trucks to launch full range of electric trucks in E... by rkangel on Thursday November 05, 2020 @12:39PM (#25000169)
It's the new version of the old 'the fastest data rate is a truck full of harddrives'. Now we can say 'for transferring energy, you can't beat a petrol pump pouring fuel'
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Re:Volvo Trucks to launch full range of electric trucks in E... by throwaway0a5e on Thursday November 05, 2020 @07:12PM (#25003532)
>for transferring energy, you can't beat a petrol pump pouring fuel

Pretty much any time fissionable material is moved probably beats it.

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Re:Volvo Trucks to launch full range of electric trucks in E... by dredmorbius on Thursday November 05, 2020 @01:27PM (#25000603)
MOX fuel pellets do slightly better. Tritium-lithium may, some day.

But yes, hydrocarbon chains are damned energy dense for chemical reactions.

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