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Re:Electrification Could Cut Global Energy Use in Half by adrianN on Sunday November 01, 2026 @03:14AM (#50323596)
Oil also loses quite a bit during refining and transport.
Re:Electrification Could Cut Global Energy Use in Half by hinkley on Sunday November 01, 2026 @04:56AM (#50324063)
And more every year as the highest quality oil gets used up and we have to work harder to catalyze the rest.
Re:Electrification Could Cut Global Energy Use in Half by WalterBright on Sunday November 01, 2026 @01:23PM (#50328193)
Electrical transmission lines lose power, too. So does generating the electricity. So does the electric motors. So does the heavier weight of the EV. Regenerative braking doesn't apply when cruising on the highway.

And so on.

P.S. Since I drive a stick, I coast a lot. I live in a hilly area, and have a pretty good feel for just how and where I can shift into neutral and coast. I also coast towards a red light with the goal of reaching the intersection just when it turns green. (Moving forward from a dead stop uses lots of energy.)

Re:Electrification Could Cut Global Energy Use in Half by mrguyorama on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:12PM (#50342005)
Unless your manual transmission car has a carburetor, "coasting" in neutral is worse for consumption.

Anything with electronic fueling will cut fuel during engine overrun. Staying in gear while coasting uses zero fuel. If you pull the clutch, the engine has to fuel enough to idle instead, which is actually a really inefficient fueling regime.