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 10 months 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 18 points 10 months ago

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

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

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

Generally, however, it is not easily converted to heroin

[–] Deiv@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

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

[–] SwingingKoala@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 10 months ago

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