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frandroid
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The Way Humans Get Electricity Is About to Change
3. Ethanol or hydrogen?
Symmetry
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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
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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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