JustinC
Well-known member
Interesting article by a Mini-E driver, via Autoblog Green:
http://green.autoblog.com/2011/10/14/how-gas-cars-use-more-electricity-to-go-100-miles-than-evs-do/
"If we simply count the electricity used to make the gasoline that gets burned in a normal vehicle, you need more juice than you do to move an EV the same distance. Of course, then you need to factor in the actual gasoline used (and the resulting CO2 emissions). Plus, don't forget, it takes a bunch of water to refine gasoline. Put this all together and you've got one hell of an energy efficiency argument in favor of plug-in vehicles."
Great answer to the "trading a tail pipe for a smoke stack" argument.
http://green.autoblog.com/2011/10/14/how-gas-cars-use-more-electricity-to-go-100-miles-than-evs-do/
"If we simply count the electricity used to make the gasoline that gets burned in a normal vehicle, you need more juice than you do to move an EV the same distance. Of course, then you need to factor in the actual gasoline used (and the resulting CO2 emissions). Plus, don't forget, it takes a bunch of water to refine gasoline. Put this all together and you've got one hell of an energy efficiency argument in favor of plug-in vehicles."
Great answer to the "trading a tail pipe for a smoke stack" argument.