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The amount of energy stored per unit of mass or volume. It explains much of energy history at a glance: coal beats wood, oil beats coal, and uranium beats everything by a factor of millions, while batteries still hold far less energy per kilogram than gasoline, the gap that shapes aviation, shipping and storage.
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