• Noedel@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    A while ago I was talking to someone form Toyota’s sustainability team and they were FROTHING over hydrogen. I don’t know much about it, but that surprised me.

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      5 hours ago

      Because Japan needs to import most of its energy, it makes more sense to burn the energy at the wheels then behind the wires

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          4 hours ago

          Well, real estate is at a premium in an earthquake prone, typhoon ravaged set of islands. They even have geothermal potential, but don’t want to industrialise something with deep cultural value.