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On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 13:30:06 -0000 (UTC), Scout <snout@gmail.com>
wrote:

David Hartung wrote

https://www.realclearenergy.org/2020/11/30/why_internal_combustion_engine
s_are_here_to_stay_651292.html

Coal fired cars are the future according to President Trump because >electricity is for greenies and oil comes from Muslim sand niggers who are >his friends and funds rightwing religious terrorism against Americans.

Raw coal is pretty sucky .... however it CAN be converted
into a variety of hydrocarbons - including synthetic gasoline
and diesel - and also some alcohols suitable for IC/EC engines.
The tech has improved to the point where these products can
be made at a semi-competitive price too, say in the $5-$7/gal
range. The industry was (deliberately ?) quashed for political
reasons - midwest farmer votes gained by ethanol sales (never
understood the logic of turning FOOD into SUV fuel though).
However the tech IS now there, just waiting.

Electric, in anywhere near its present state, is just NOT very
suitable for vehicles. Expensive short-lived (sometimes
explosive) batteries with a high environmental construction
impact - offering WAY too little range and WAY to long
recharge cycles. Save your CO2 elsewhere, and that would
add up to a very substantial savings too.

Anyway, there IS a future for coal.

Now coal MINERS ... well, not so much. This is probably the
last generation. Semi-autonomous robot mining equipment
will soon be phased in - and it won't unionize. You can
even flood the mines with CO2 - meaning no explosions/fires -
since no human will actually have to go down there. The mining
ops can be overseen from Malaysia by a few people ... maybe
eventually NO people. Robot miners get it, robot trucks move it,
robot chemical factories convert it, robot tankers deliver the final
product. That's the likely future.

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