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HKPhysicist over 1 year ago

Do you want to be the next Uncle Bill?

If you can turn Solar Energy directly into Hydrogen Gas, then you are the next Uncle Bill.

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md_steve over 1 year ago +3

Is it possible that we're asking the wrong question? Perhaps we should wonder "Why do we feel the need to move everything around so much?" We have built up our transportation systems one illogical decision…
Jan Cumps over 1 year ago in reply to bradfordmiller +3

Almost unrelated: when I served in the army, I was aimer on a Howitzer piece (M109 MK II). I 'd be able to deliver your package with 1.5 m precision in a 25 KM range.
Fred27 over 1 year ago +2

Hydrogen is a dead end. The only reason it existed in the first place is so that petrochemical companies hoped they could retain some of their distribution / sales pipeline. It's also dying out already…

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md_steve over 1 year ago

Is it possible that we're asking the wrong question? Perhaps we should wonder "Why do we feel the need to move everything around so much?" We have built up our transportation systems one illogical decision on top of another. In America, we are still destroying people's homes in order to make wider roads for more people to move faster. When do we decide that this all makes no sense and begin a fundamental shift to spending less on transporting food, parts, and people?

Sorry, stepping back down off my soapbox now.
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bradfordmiller over 1 year ago in reply to md_steve

If only we could 3-d print atoms (replicator technology).

Alternatively, we could move to ballistics to transport goods. Roads not needed!
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Jan Cumps over 1 year ago in reply to bradfordmiller

Almost unrelated: when I served in the army, I was aimer on a Howitzer piece (M109 MK II). I 'd be able to deliver your package with 1.5 m precision in a 25 KM range.
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Jan Cumps over 1 year ago in reply to bradfordmiller

Almost unrelated: when I served in the army, I was aimer on a Howitzer piece (M109 MK II). I 'd be able to deliver your package with 1.5 m precision in a 25 KM range.
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md_steve over 1 year ago in reply to Jan Cumps

Maybe if we used battleships. Then we could deliver a minivan's worth of products within 30 miles of the coasts.
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