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Re:How automakers can drive electrified vehicle sales and pr... by imgabe on Thursday February 02, 2017 @10:12PM (#13557345)
The battery doesn't generate any energy though, it just stores it. I mean, technically, the gasoline is just storing energy too, but it was generated naturally long ago. You still have to burn some fuel somewhere to recharge the battery each time.
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Re:How automakers can drive electrified vehicle sales and pr... by whiskers08xmt on Friday February 03, 2017 @08:16AM (#13559563)
Many shale-oil outfits, spend more energy on retrieving the oil, than the oil actually contains. Oil can be profitable, without being a net energy gain, meaning it's true value is in it's ability to store energy.
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Re:How automakers can drive electrified vehicle sales and pr... by epistasis on Thursday February 02, 2017 @10:31PM (#13557445)
It seems obvious that a battery needs to be charged. But it's not true that fuel has to be burned to recharge the battery. There are many other, cheaper, sources than burning things to turn a turbine to generate electricity.
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