I saw a Veritasium video where they use a massive engine as part of a whole facility that tests buildings for earthquakes. That’s not something that’s going to be a problem. And in some applications, fossil fuels are what makes sense to use.

We should definitely use them in as few applications as possible, but yeah, if you wanna act like we should stop using them completely, in all applications, you can keep hallucinating.

[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

I was mostly making a joke about how bad cars are for the environment, not really adding anything of substance to the conversation.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago

If you're doing something with the output of the engine then it's not idling, strictly speaking.

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You could do useful things with the power used to generate Bitcoin too.

[–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Generally, however, it is not easily converted to heroin

[–] Deiv@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

Use a computer to work -> get paid -> buy heroin

[–] SwingingKoala@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 2 years ago

Can an idling car save people's wealth from hyperinflation?