• Noedel@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    A while ago I was talking to someone form Toyota’s sustainability team and they were FROTHING over hydrogen. I don’t know much about it, but that surprised me.

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      17 hours ago

      Because Japan needs to import most of its energy, it makes more sense to burn the energy at the wheels then behind the wires

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          2 hours ago

          Well, the plan would be to go l use to green energy eventually. Yes, still inefficient, but it makes more sense than burning it in a power plant and pumping the electricity to the car

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          11 hours ago

          Offshore wind isn’t really a starter for them. They’re on the edge of the Pacific shelf and the waters get deep quick. That makes platforms very hard. I also don’t think they get much in terms of prevailing winds unlike northern Europe with the Atlantic Jetstreams.

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          16 hours ago

          Well, real estate is at a premium in an earthquake prone, typhoon ravaged set of islands. They even have geothermal potential, but don’t want to industrialise something with deep cultural value.