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Originally Posted by Bill14564
So 40% of the electricity that goes into my cart was produced by renewables or nuclear. (or is it a 40% chance?) and only 60% might come from fossil fuels. What percentage of the fuel for the gas carts come from fossil fuels?
Additionally, my fuel cost per mile with the electric cart is about $0.01 while the fuel cost per mile for the gas is $0.07. Given the large difference, there must be a large gain in efficiency in either burning fossil fuels to generate electricity or in using electricity to power the cart. Either way, I seem to use significantly less oil with the electric cart, even considering the oil used for generation.
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I do not want a gas cart. I prefer the quieter smoother operation of electric. I don't golf so I don't have to worry about going really long distances. Having said that........OMG, I have sticker shock from replacing the eight batteries. Total cost, installed was $1800. from Battery Boys. The guy who installed the batteries told me that pre-Covid, those same batteries went for $900. Yikes! I still will not ever purchase a gas cart though.