• BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    A) That’s called a hydrogen car, and they exist already.

    B) Never, the output is water. Then you just use enegy to split the water back into hydrogen and oxygen before burning it back into water. Just add energy from your preferred renewable source.

  • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
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    30 days ago

    Annual petrol usage by cars: ~1.5 x 10^12 litres.

    Amount of water on Earth’s surface: 1.386 x 10^21 litres.

    Percentage of water used annually: 0.0000001%

    Number of years to deplete all water on earth’s surface: 1 x 10^9 years, aka 1 billion years.

    Minus a few million if we’re driving yo momma around.