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Originally Posted by Fastskiguy
I appreciate the thoughts and I'm not sure why the electric golf cars....and "real" cars for that matter....cost less to run.
I found a blog with some efficiencies of different types of power plants and oil powered plants are between 38-45% efficient.
Between the Poles: Energy Efficiency of Fossil Fuel Power Generation
So I guess my analysis goes as follows....
Oil to make the electricity=40% efficient, then 60-73% of that is efficient in the EV so 24-30% efficient in the car
Where the Energy Goes: Electric Cars
Oil into an ICE car=12-30% efficient
Where the Energy Goes: Gasoline Vehicles
Which suggests an inefficient ICE car vs the EV , the EV is 2X more efficient but in an efficient ICE car it's the same.
I feel like I understand a little more....if we compare the inefficient ICE car then the EV looks pretty good at half of the emissions. But if we compare efficient cars of both types it looks like a wash. Unless I'm missing something...which is entirely possible.
What's your take?
Joe |
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