ICE v Electric: Cost and Emissions

Saw Nobel Prize winner Melvin Calvin give an invited lecture outside in the sunshine when Ole Miss dedicated their new chemistry building.
He won the prize for his photosynthetic pathway work.
Lecture discussed making oil cheaply from plants among other topics.
It was in the late 70s when some Arabs had embargoed oil and before folks worried about CO2.
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Fuel From Plants (Published 1979)

Article by Melvin Calvin and Genevieve J Calvin urges large-scale cultivation of carbohydrate- and hydrocarbon-producing plants as answer to energy shortages; drawing (M)
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Campgottagopee said:
You mentioned that the grid was good to go. Musk says it needs to double, which would lead me to believe that the grid is far from good to go.
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Musk said consumption would double. The grid runs at 35% capacity. Doubling consumption brings it to 70%. It's all good for the grid.

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