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Re:Tesla reveals Supercharger network, Free Fill Ups by sliverstorm on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @03:04PM (#4572072)
According to this web page:

http://www.consumerenergyreport.com/2012/03/21/what-makes-up...

It takes about $0.20 to refine a gallon of gas, so ~2kWh/gal. Except, It obviously actually takes less electricity than that, because there are other costs to refining. Not a bad investment in energy terms, when a gallon of gasoline contains ~36.6kWh worth of energy.

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Re:Tesla reveals Supercharger network, Free Fill Ups by soperj on Thursday September 27, 2012 @06:53PM (#4583340)
Where on that page did you get the 20 cents? Didn't see that anywhere. From this http://gatewayev.org/how-much-electricity-is-used-refine-a-g... It's more like 6kWh/gallon.
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Re:Tesla reveals Supercharger network, Free Fill Ups by jblow on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @07:55PM (#4573442)
Don't forget the cost in electricity of finding deposits, mining them, transporting the pre-refined gas, transporting the post-refined gas, and lobbying Congress.
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Re:Tesla reveals Supercharger network, Free Fill Ups by chris_mahan on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @11:35PM (#4574053)
I just imagined the Congressional Cattle Prod, wrapped in $100 bills.
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