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minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agoWe don’t make fuels from solar power. Unless you mean hydrogen, which by itself is already 30-40% less efficient then just using the electricity directly in a battery. And that is without counting all the hydrogen that just escapes through any form of containment we try to keep it in.
minus-squareHypx@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down7·10 months agoHydrogen is a fuel. E-fuels are hydrogen plus CO₂ and converted into synthetic hydrocarbons. You are blatantly ignoring the part where solar power is incredibly inefficient to begin with, and we don’t care. It’s still cheap energy.
We don’t make fuels from solar power.
Unless you mean hydrogen, which by itself is already 30-40% less efficient then just using the electricity directly in a battery.
And that is without counting all the hydrogen that just escapes through any form of containment we try to keep it in.
Hydrogen is a fuel. E-fuels are hydrogen plus CO₂ and converted into synthetic hydrocarbons.
You are blatantly ignoring the part where solar power is incredibly inefficient to begin with, and we don’t care. It’s still cheap energy.