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OKIsItJustMe

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12. Please go back and read the OP - better yet, follow the links I provided

Reply to GoreWon2000 (Reply #11)

Wed Nov 20, 2024, 01:40 PM

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Vehicles fueled by diesel lead to substantial carbon emissions that are challenging to decarbonize. In 2022, diesel fuel use made up about one-fourth of total U.S. transportation carbon dioxide emissions and about one-tenth of total energy-related carbon dioxide emissions, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Cargo ships (for example) run on diesel fuel, and it is very difficult to transition them to something else. It will be decades before the entire fleet of them are replaced. This technology allows you to take renewable electricity (in the illustration, they are using PV solar panels) and generate diesel fuel without a drop of fossil fuel.

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Washington University: Researchers create novel electro-biodiesel more efficient, cleaner than alternatives [View all] OKIsItJustMe Sunday OP

Disel is one of the dirtiest burning fossil fuels GoreWon2000 Monday #1

Right. More immediately, diesel exhaust can cause heart attacks OKIsItJustMe Monday #2

No such thing as "clean diesel" GoreWon2000 Monday #3

Uh, this is not "clean diesel" (like "clean coal.") OKIsItJustMe Monday #4

It's all snake oil GoreWon2000 Wednesday #11

Please go back and read the OP - better yet, follow the links I provided OKIsItJustMe Wednesday #12

Curious, where are your schooling and work credentials on this issue? GoreWon2000 Wednesday #13

You have obviously mistaken me for an opponent OKIsItJustMe Wednesday #14

My engineer father's credentials are totally relevant GoreWon2000 Thursday #17

Powering transport with "Green Hydrogen" OKIsItJustMe Wednesday #15

Reading articles isn't actual expertise GoreWon2000 Thursday #16

I take it your father is recently deceased. You must miss him. I am sorry for your loss. OKIsItJustMe Thursday #18

You're NOT an engineer GoreWon2000 Thursday #19

Please understand, I do not disrespect your father's credentials. I know you are very proud of them. OKIsItJustMe Thursday #20

My engineer father was way ahead GoreWon2000 Yesterday #21

Snake oil would work too! FullySupportDems 6 min ago #27

The fossil fuel that currently creates most electricity will run out GoreWon2000 2 hrs ago #24

Permit me to correct you a little. Yes, there is a term "Clean Diesel" in the industry... CoopersDad 23 hrs ago #22

Bio-diesel is not a solution GoreWon2000 3 hrs ago #23

But bio diesels have much different emissions FullySupportDems 17 min ago #26

Wow!!!! We're saved! Of the 11300 CO2 to C2 electrochemical papers... NNadir Monday #5

No we're not OKIsItJustMe Monday #6

Look, I fully recognize that nuclear power will not... NNadir Monday #7

Six words stopped nuclear power OKIsItJustMe Monday #8

Um no. What stopped nuclear power was selective attention driven by deliberate ignorance driven by propaganda. NNadir Monday #9

I guess you don't bother to try to understand things you don't want to OKIsItJustMe Monday #10

Um...um...um..."atoms for peace" prevented, as of 2013, 65 billion tons of carbon dioxide. NNadir 48 min ago #25