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CoopersDad

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28. I never said it was a solution. But it's better than fossil fuels until we can do better than we do now.

Reply to GoreWon2000 (Reply #23)

Sat Nov 23, 2024, 09:26 PM

2 hrs ago

No single measure is "the solution"; it will take a combination of measures: efficiency and conservation, new farming techniques, better urban planning, more renewables, energy storage, etc.

All of the above or we perish.

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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 2 hrs ago #27

The fossil fuel that currently creates most electricity will run out GoreWon2000 5 hrs ago #24

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

Bio-diesel is not a solution GoreWon2000 5 hrs ago #23

I never said it was a solution. But it's better than fossil fuels until we can do better than we do now. CoopersDad 2 hrs ago #28

But bio diesels have much different emissions FullySupportDems 2 hrs 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 3 hrs ago #25