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Fucker said:

Carbon neutral except for all the fuel that needs to be made to power it.

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Shhhhh. Keep up the facade so we can keep some gas vehicles...

Also, they glossed over the key point of that article: the Wankel is back baby! Mazda just can't quit it.

It's carbon neutral since e-fuels don't require oil. It's recently captured CO2 being turned into fuel and then back into CO2, same thing as burning wood. Formula 1 is going to use it from next year.

Lambourne said:

It's carbon neutral since e-fuels don't require oil. It's recently captured CO2 being turned into fuel and then back into CO2, same thing as burning wood. Formula 1 is going to use it from next year.

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They tend to leave out steps in the process when it's convenient for the narrative they're pushing like harvesting, processing, distribution, etc. I'm sure the car could run on fermented algae fuel, but the reality is it'd probably cost an arm and a leg to produce at scale, so, it'll run on standard oil gas.

F1 isn't the first, I think NASCAR has been using some E85-like ethanol blend for a decade or so. Due to the cooling benefits, it's a superior fuel to use for racing where you don't need to give a shit about long term durability.

It's all pointless feels good stuff anyway. It's bailing out a sinking ship with a thimble when China's belching out more carbon than pretty much the rest of the world combined and still appears to be increasing exponentially. I'm sure all these supposedly green tech bro companies are really going to be concerned about the carbon emissions of all the AI data centers they're trying to put up too.

Kobayashi said:

They tend to leave out steps in the process when it's convenient for the narrative they're pushing like harvesting, processing, distribution, etc. I'm sure the car could run on fermented algae fuel, but the reality is it'd probably cost an arm and a leg to produce at scale, so, it'll run on standard oil gas.

F1 isn't the first, I think NASCAR has been using some E85-like ethanol blend for a decade or so. Due to the cooling benefits, it's a superior fuel to use for racing where you don't need to give a shit about long term durability.

It's all pointless feels good stuff anyway. It's bailing out a sinking ship with a thimble when China's belching out more carbon than pretty much the rest of the world combined and still appears to be increasing exponentially. I'm sure all these supposedly green tech bro companies are really going to be concerned about the carbon emissions of all the AI data centers they're trying to put up too.

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I think the main benefits are increasing energy independence and maintaining the car manufacturing industry in the western world. Maybe politicians are doing the same behind closed doors. Don't think they give a shit about the climate beyond being able to use it as leverage, they'll drop it like a rock once it becomes inconvenient.

Kobayashi said:

They tend to leave out steps in the process when it's convenient for the narrative they're pushing like harvesting, processing, distribution, etc. I'm sure the car could run on fermented algae fuel, but the reality is it'd probably cost an arm and a leg to produce at scale, so, it'll run on standard oil gas.

F1 isn't the first, I think NASCAR has been using some E85-like ethanol blend for a decade or so. Due to the cooling benefits, it's a superior fuel to use for racing where you don't need to give a shit about long term durability.

It's all pointless feels good stuff anyway. It's bailing out a sinking ship with a thimble when China's belching out more carbon than pretty much the rest of the world combined and still appears to be increasing exponentially. I'm sure all these supposedly green tech bro companies are really going to be concerned about the carbon emissions of all the AI data centers they're trying to put up too.

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We need China and India to go to war with each other and wipe out 75% of both populations. That's the only way to save the planet.

Punko said:

I always wondered if it would somehow be possible to sink Africa.

Imagine the continent leaning on thin pillars.

There is always hope, right.

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But Africa isn’t causing the vastly majority of the world’s pollution or using most of the world’s natural resources. China and India are doing both.

Deathwing said:

Anyone deal with mice getting into their car in the winter months? Fuckers built a nest inside the cabin air blower. Bucket and skewered can works well, but obviously they won't drown in frozen water.

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Cheap vodka?

Deathwing said:

Not a bad idea. How much will evaporated over a season? Maybe antifreeze would work better.

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Ohh yeah, that would be better!

Deathwing said:

Anyone deal with mice getting into their car in the winter months? Fuckers built a nest inside the cabin air blower. Bucket and skewered can works well, but obviously they won't drown in frozen water.

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I use the trap the dude made in the following video; in a year-ish of use I've caught over a dozen mice in it. He started his channel testing various trap methods before designing his own, so you can kinda see how the homemade tin-can trap or the other various ones work in comparison. They are cheap enough just to buy and the plastic seems to hold up well enough. In the reviews on Amazon some people applied way to much peanut butter and had the mice/rats gnawing though the top, so beware of that.

I read of people filling them with antifreeze and fishing the dead mice out without the liquid putrefying. Make sure pets (or wild animals you don't want dead) can't access the bucket if using anti-freeze. With water, I just dump the whole thing and fill it back up.

The most humane way to kill them is probably with CO2, by dropping some dry ice in the bucket, or in a way that the gas sinks inside it. There are other heavier than air gasses used in pest control but they are probably more expensive and/or harder to get. Maybe regular CO from exhaust fumes could work too.

Edit: I tried the mint oil/cinnamon/whatever repel type spray in the garage and engine bay, as well as moth balls and dryer sheets. The mice didn't seem to care.

Deathwing said:

Anyone deal with mice getting into their car in the winter months? Fuckers built a nest inside the cabin air blower. Bucket and skewered can works well, but obviously they won't drown in frozen water.

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I mean you can add the water after you catch them and dump it out after they drown with their little dead mouse bodies.

I catch rats in a wire cage and throw it in a storage bin full of water to dispatch them. Man they can hold their breath for like five minutes. Then they go into the fire pit funeral pyre to discourage their buddies from taking up residence under my shed.

BrutulTM said:

My most memorable mouse kill was when I was in high school. I stepped out of the shower and there was a mouse in the corner of the bathroom. I reached back into the shower and grabbed a bar of soap and whipped it at the mouse. Killed it instantly.

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My most memorable mouse kill was when I was in college. I stepped out of the shower and there was a mouse in the corner of the bathroom. I whipped off my towel and beat it to death with my hard dick.