Doing our part

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• ArfArfWoof@europe.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  pretty sure it’s propelled by compressed air.

  still very wasteful, but at least not burning dangerous chemicals for funsies.

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  • marduk@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I heard it’s nitrogen, which I think releases co² during the production process. You’re right though, could be worse; they could’ve used hypergolic thrusters.

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    • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Do you mean nitrous (N~2~O)? Straight up N~2~ shouldn’t be changing to CO~2~ unless some very interesting chemistry is happening, haha.

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    • dillekant@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      People haven’t mentioned that you use it up in one go and then it takes 8 hours to refill.

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  • stickyprimer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah just compressed nitrogen, but still very wasteful and excessive and stupid. That’s enough. No one said it was putting out toxins.

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  • Snapz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Dude, shut up. elon has data centers with diesel generator covered roofs, etc, etc.

    Your “uhh technically…” doesn’t help anyone here?

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• geissi@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Do bottle caps have any significant impact on carbon emissions?
  I’m pretty sure it’s more about plastic waste littering the environment. Carbon emissions are not the only environmental issue.

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  • JAPHacake@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s to protect wildlife, prevent marine litter and it also fixes a problem when processed in recycling plants. Loose caps often fall through the cracks (literally) and end up in landfills.

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  • Pratai@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A thing can be two things.

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    • tyo_ukko@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, but not really in this case.

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• Redvenom@retrolemmy.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s the worst idea for a car ever, the cibertruck can’t survive a carwash and you are telling me you are going to do Car kickflicks?

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  • CheetahHybrid@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It might be impractical, but I saw this and thought of the safety features. If you’re in an accident and the car is uncontrollably rolling then these thrusters could bring it to an upright stop.

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    • xthexder@l.sw0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The extremely dangerous high pressure vessel right behind the driver’s head seems like it’s not worth the trade off there… Better carry a bomb around just in case the car rolls over. /s

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    • Pratai@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, fuck everything beneath it, right?

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    • ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Nascar manages to do that without thrusters.

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    • stickyprimer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes you can scare up some possible safety applications for this but you have to take it on the whole and balance the safety risks and benefits. They haven’t even answered how rhey are going to make the underbelly fan street legal when we know it shoots a lot of gravel out backwards at high speed. And understanding from MKBHD is that the model with all directional thrusters is only a high end demo which will never actually be sold. The one that might actually get sold only has thrusters in the back. Does that scream “safety” to you or “excessive speed?”

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    • regdog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Or these thrusters could do the complete opposite and kill you. Since the US has no working regulatory agency this car is going to be dangerous as hell. If it will event exist.

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• Avicenna@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Elon is an idiot that barely thinks about any functionality. For him if something looks cool and scifi, it is a good enough reason to implement it (like the self hiding door handles).

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  • DaddleDew@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s a stunt to impress your average Tesla investor.

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    • Avicenna@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think even investors are more clever than him mainly because they likely have an army of advisors that are more analytical than, “wow this is so cool”

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  • Pratai@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    He’s a 10 year old child with keys to the castle.

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• fubarx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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• sik0fewl@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You know you can still just break the cap away if you have some imperative for it.

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