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In reply to the discussion: Shocking Factoid of the Day: Gas cars use more electricity to go 100 miles than Electric Cars do! [View all]TheWraith
(24,331 posts)6. Really? Got a link for that? I doubt you do.
Particularly since your first response to a very reasonable objection is to call the person a paid shill.
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Shocking Factoid of the Day: Gas cars use more electricity to go 100 miles than Electric Cars do! [View all]
grahamhgreen
Feb 2012
OP
That energy is already calculated in the energy it takes to build the vehicles, building an electric
grahamhgreen
Feb 2012
#2
No, the fact that it will take about as much energy to make a gas guzzler as an EV is common sense
grahamhgreen
Feb 2012
#22
I'm pretty sure the batteries are not made on site but by battery manufacturers and then shipped for
Lionessa
Feb 2012
#7
That's true for a great many components of automobiles, the majority in fact..
Fumesucker
Feb 2012
#11
Correct. Prius batteries travel a great distance before placement into the cars themselves.
cherokeeprogressive
Feb 2012
#18
About the same thing that happens with the oil. But over and over again, every time you fill your
grahamhgreen
Feb 2012
#23
The energy to make the batteries is a 1 time expense, energy to make a gallon of gas is per gallon
ShadowLiberal
Feb 2012
#9
You have a point, but batteries don't last forever, even if there corrosive chemicals do.
Lionessa
Feb 2012
#13
For the purposes of this discussion it is not useful to measure energy in kwh
lumberjack_jeff
Feb 2012
#3
Far less. Every time you drive a Gas car 30 miles, you use a gallon of gas PLUS whatever
grahamhgreen
Feb 2012
#5
The point is that it requires 7.5 kwh of electricity to make a gallon of gas; so
grahamhgreen
Feb 2012
#32
Erm, if you're consuming less energy, and that energy is still fossil fuel based...
joshcryer
Feb 2012
#16
You're missing the point of the post - the gas powered car uses the electricity PLUS the gas.
grahamhgreen
Feb 2012
#26
Look at it this way, refining one gallon of gas requires 7.5Kwh of electricity. So,
grahamhgreen
Feb 2012
#40
The problem with these type of calculations is they ignore the power plant.
former9thward
Feb 2012
#14
Thank you! I don't understand why they want to use the electricity AND the gas to go the same distan
grahamhgreen
Feb 2012
#29
The calculation is wrong -- 21000 BTU can generate about 2.4 kWhr of electricity
FarCenter
Feb 2012
#39
It takes 7.5 kWh of electricity to just to REFINE one gallon of gas; the car still has not moved.
grahamhgreen
Feb 2012
#41