The meme is a humorous comparison of the efficiency of different modes of transportation. It features a graph with a series of vehicles, each labeled with its type (e.g. "Electric", "Hydrogen", and "Internal Combustion") and a percentage representing its efficiency. The text "1% of the energy you put in is used for actual work. The rest is wasted as heat." is written above the graph.
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Comparative energy efficiency in heavy vehicles Electric Source Transportation Engine/motor Overall and storage efficiency efficiency 100% 1 l t | eer Hydrogen Source Electrolysis | Compression Transportation Fuel cell and Engine/motor Overall 100% and filling power generation efficiency efficiency «SE [a Internal Source Transportation Engine/motor Overall Combustion and filling efficiency efficiency Engine avr “ © — in Electric vehicle efficiencies have been sourced from Transport and Environment (2021), ICE vehicle efficiencies have been sourced from Mo et al. (2023) and Zhang et al. (2015). Due to current uncertainty about efficiencies related to the production and use of hydrogen, we have used a number of sources to develop a likely range of efficiencies. These sources include MBIE (2023), Rivard et al. (2019), Transport and Environment (2017, 2021), Mo et al. (2023) and Robinus et al. (2018).