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xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas (xkcd.com)
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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I was thinking about fuels like HVO. They work well, but have their own ecological implications.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Ah. I'm generally skeptical of any plant-based 'green fuel' because they generally take up agricultural capacity that would otherwise be producing food