Don't give him undue credit. It's only gonna work against him when people dig up space launches and transporting materials.
He's engineering alternative options, but fossil fuels are still the backbone of the world.
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· 6 years ago
That's a pretty bold claim there.
Care to back it up?
Nobody's cornered you or anything, no need to misdirect. Just back up the claim that fossil fuels are the backbone of the world.
Edit: Most rockets use a combination of liquid oxygen (LOX) and liquid hydrogen, so... not fossil fuels. Given that you can use wind power to generate electricity and run the labs that produce LOX and hydrogen, a rocket can be flown on wind power.
I will give you the point that SpaceX's Falcon Heavy uses a combination of LOX and RP-1, or refined petroleum.
However, given Musky's track record of cutting costs and increasing performance (reusable rocket boosters? what?!), I'd expect him to cut fossil fuel for a cheaper equivalent in the next 10-20 years.
No misdirection, just an honest misunderstanding.
The vast majority of personal vehicles run on fossil fuels, as well as big rigs, trains, planes, and ships. Materials and people make the world go 'round, and if fossil fuels just disappeared, most people would be unable to get to work, food and materials would take much longer to get to another place, and crossing an ocean, continent, or even a single US state, in an efficient and timely manner, would be considerably less feasible. Therefore, until alternative fuels are as cheap, effective, and accessible as fossil fuels (not to mention transitioning to cost effective/competitively powerful vehicles and updating infrastructure to accommodate them), fossil fuels will remain the backbone of the world.
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· 6 years ago
Which is exactly why we should be giving credit to anyone doing anything to further the research, engineering, popularity, and interest in alternative fuels.
Give him credit for his work, but don't build up the myth that he is above the constraints of the modern world. That will only hurt his efforts in the long run.
He's engineering alternative options, but fossil fuels are still the backbone of the world.
Care to back it up?
Edit: Most rockets use a combination of liquid oxygen (LOX) and liquid hydrogen, so... not fossil fuels. Given that you can use wind power to generate electricity and run the labs that produce LOX and hydrogen, a rocket can be flown on wind power.
I will give you the point that SpaceX's Falcon Heavy uses a combination of LOX and RP-1, or refined petroleum.
However, given Musky's track record of cutting costs and increasing performance (reusable rocket boosters? what?!), I'd expect him to cut fossil fuel for a cheaper equivalent in the next 10-20 years.
The vast majority of personal vehicles run on fossil fuels, as well as big rigs, trains, planes, and ships. Materials and people make the world go 'round, and if fossil fuels just disappeared, most people would be unable to get to work, food and materials would take much longer to get to another place, and crossing an ocean, continent, or even a single US state, in an efficient and timely manner, would be considerably less feasible. Therefore, until alternative fuels are as cheap, effective, and accessible as fossil fuels (not to mention transitioning to cost effective/competitively powerful vehicles and updating infrastructure to accommodate them), fossil fuels will remain the backbone of the world.