Waiting for Superbatteries
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
By comparison, gasoline has 34 MJ/L and diesel about 38 MJ/L. By this metric, air-dried wood contains about 3,500 Wh/L, good steam coal around 6,500, gasoline 9,600, aviation kerosene 10,300, and natural gas (methane) merely 9.7—less times as much energy by volume and at least twice as much by mass.
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