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breakpointalphayesterday at 7:33 PM4 repliesview on HN

In principle, you are right. Cheaper than coal renewables are winning. Don't forget though, that fighter jets can't operate on batteries.


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mr_toadyesterday at 11:21 PM

> fighter jets can't operate on batteries

Gas turbines can run on a variety of fuels, natural, synthetic or a mixture of both. It’s actually one of the reasons that a turbine was chosen for the M1.

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lokaryesterday at 7:50 PM

They don’t contribute enough to matter

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BLKNSLVRyesterday at 10:51 PM

So we won't be able to fight air wars over the last remaining pieces of arable land.

I'm convinced.

UqWBcuFx6NV4ryesterday at 8:14 PM

That’s a red herring. It’s not worth mentioning.

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