I was trying to make a bullshit thread about motor doping in pro cycling
I'm glad everyone made something productive of it though
Honestly I like internal combustion engines but not the way they are presently. There's suppressed technology that allows 100 mpg easy. More efficiency in combustion also means less harmful exhaust in this case. Automotives are an integral part of society but the industry has gotten too large. The problem ((they)) perceived in allowing engines to run with near total efficiency was that there wouldn't be enough profits to sustain production. In world war 2 tanks operated using vapor combustion to conserve oil to great success.
Batteries are great when you can depend on downtime to allow recharge. A commute to x hours of wage slavery is a great use case. Driving across the country in the apocalypse: not so much. Roomba lawnmower would be a good use.
>>1164828It's a rating in capacity. Very stupid I now realize when considered outside of the system it will be incorporated in. Here's a more better infographic for your consideration.
>>1164809I'd like to see hybridized fuels. It's known that we can synthesize fossil fuels at this point, it's just bloody a bad time for the environment and it is only done because there's a shitload of profit to be had doing it.
>>1164801There are gatekeepers preventing it from reaching the masses
>>1164777I don't reckon people would resort to capitalist extortion over anything more simple than reproductive rights in such a fictitious group. You're imagining a society of diehard consumers attempting to survive without scarcity.
>>1164747Battery technology needs to be optimized further imo. Also there could be hotswappable batteries like in ancient (a few years old) cellphones. If you could reliably find them, you could "refuel" faster than filling a tank up with gas.
