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Clean energy for Australia: the elegant solution : Comments
By Tom Biegler, published 13/1/2025Long ago, in high school maths, I was taught about the value of 'elegant solutions'. A correct answer might be good; an elegant correct one is better.
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"The energy problem" is a follow on affect of the overpopulation problem. Much as is the housing crisis."
A- Kudos Ateday- I agree.
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Nuclear seems to be the only option until Inertial Confinement Fusion becomes available. But modular reactors appear safer due to lifecycle containment. Over time it might be possible to miniaturize fusion for cars.
We probably don't have enough Lithium in the world and batteries are something like 10x less energy dense than gasoline.
Maybe installing electromagnets in roads will help with the recharge time and enable smaller batteries (or perhaps supercapacitors or Hydrogen fuel cells). Definitely an expensive problematic solution.
If we could mine CO2 from the atmosphere for gasoline we wouldn't need to replace the car infrastructure. Recycle/ Reuse/ Reduce.
Offroad applications will probably always require petrol.
If we don't need to rely as much on the mideast for oil it will have geopolitical benefits