Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: bp@www.zefox.net Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking Subject: Re: Batteries - EV Conversion Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2025 17:50:03 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:50:05 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6c4dc330f4ef52786e40a25d79fb8c98"; logging-data="2655834"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19pxINR7zFwLOzVke+k/9n8XtwQjoGqbtE=" User-Agent: tin/2.6.4-20241224 ("Helmsdale") (FreeBSD/14.2-STABLE (arm64)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:bgqnbD+WSwJz3tz2aR4yzyoAh6o= Jim Wilkins wrote: > > > wrote in message news:vq9v7k$2fgp0$2@dont-email.me... > > Jim Wilkins wrote: >> BP wrote in message news:vq5ne9$1io8u$1@dont-email.me... >> >> In fact, if one wanted to build a low-emission truck >> the use of methane, either compressed or liquefied, makes >> a great deal of sense. That tech is already commercial. >> And, methane is cheap. >> bob prohaska >> ----------------------------------------- >> >> But methane is a fossil fuel and a climate change contributor, more so if >> it >> leaks. > > That's merely a case of perfection being the enemy of good enough. > Methane is the best bridge fuel we have access to in quantities > and at a cost that isn't hugely disruptive. > > bob prohaska > > ----------------------------------------- > And yet it is inferior to electricity as a heating source? Electricity isn't a source, it's a transmission medium, same as hydrogen. Perhaps I'm missing your point, if so please elaborate. bob prohaska