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Re:A Brighter Future for Electric Cars and the Planet by cowmix on Monday July 24, 2017 @05:31PM (#14842912)
Even if 101% of your electricity is coal generated, you are head of the game with EVs.

My gen-1 Volt travels about 27 miles on the electricity/energy it takes to refine one gallon of gas. Basically, if you stopped refining gas, you could power almost all of the EVs on the road with the same energy.

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Re:A Brighter Future for Electric Cars and the Planet by konspence on Monday July 24, 2017 @05:40PM (#14842969)
Does this include the energy in the refined gas itself?
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Re:A Brighter Future for Electric Cars and the Planet by cowmix on Monday July 24, 2017 @06:05PM (#14843161)
That is the energy it takes to create the gas (and not the energy to extract and move around).

Again, my EV goes the same distance as the average fuel economy for the same amount of energy.

ICE double dip.. plus more.

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