# Will diesel ever be usurped by electric?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-diesel-ever-be-usurped-by-electric/793651
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [August 14, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-diesel-ever-be-usurped-by-electric/793651 "2017-08-14T18:00:32Z")
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### Author:  [@Francis\_Vaughan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francis_Vaughan)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-diesel-ever-be-usurped-by-electric/793651/41 "2017-08-16T03:55:11Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#):
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> the Tsiolkovsky dragster equation.
😃 Win.
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### Author:  [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2017, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-diesel-ever-be-usurped-by-electric/793651/42 "2017-08-16T07:29:59Z")
One of his lesser-known works. Didn’t get a whole lot of traction.
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### Author:  [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2017, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-diesel-ever-be-usurped-by-electric/793651/43 "2017-08-16T11:20:37Z")
> [@Francis\_Vaughan](#):
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> Addressing **Ruken** ’s comments.
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> You are missing the point of my initial post about the Tesla battery. I was pointing out that since we only needed 1/9 of “the best” battery, the mass of that battery was not the issue, and thus not the limiting problem. Again you are agreeing with me.
No. Mass is the issue because you need 7 batteries, not 1/9 batteries.
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