Me too, and I have an even better one for you. Prohibition was there to prevent the idea of hemp alcohol powered cars from spreading. Virtually any biomass, everything you see green around you can be converted into alcohol, i.e. E100 fuel popular in Brazil. In some cars (Koenigsegg, Flexfuel Volvos and Subarus in European markets) E85 can be used, which is ethyl alcohol with 15% addition of gasoline to improve starting at low temperatures. The product of burning pure alcohol is also hydrogen and oxygen in the form of pure water vapor. As you can see, we don't need electric cars with 600kg battery or even high pressure hydrogen tanks and HHO generators. It is enough for everyone to have a small distillery in the basement. On an industrial scale, the production of alcohol from synthesis gas is the cheapest, which is cheaper than drinking water treatment.
Yeah but then the government can't artificially limit your travel by controlling the electric power grid.
I forgot to add that any gasoline engine can be converted to burn alcohol. It is enough to replace the seals in the fuel system with alcohol-resistant ones, sometimes shifting the ignition moment. In turbocharged engines, a side effect is a significant increase in power and torque. No additional infrastructure is needed.
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