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[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wait so they figured how to use renewable energy to create something that still generates emissions? Is this a ploy to get Trump on board with renewables?

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

no, silly, the point is to continue doing business as usual (in this case, by inhibiting BEV adoption). that fuel is carbon-neutral but also extraordinarly wasteful. trump's deal is something called "clean coal", which isn't (it suggests carbon capture, but it's not a thing, they marketed normal emissions control like we have in europe as some unusually green innovation)

e: wait it still makes smog so checks out