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1. 3/4 of energy usage is outside the transportation sector.

2. If we switch 3/4 of energy production away from fossil fuels, that will make a huge dent and make renewables even cheaper.

3. Once renewables get cheap enough, it may be cheaper to use a few kWh of solar to produce one kWh of ethanol than it will be to dig 1 kWh of oil out of the ground.



3. Ethanol or hydrogen?


Probably methanol. It's relatively energy efficient and it doesn't boil at room temperature like methane.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon-neutral_fuel#Production


Hydrogen goes boom, and ethanol is already straining the corn market to the limits. I can't see us turning every square section of arable land into ethanol production.




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