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To: philv who wrote (132463)3/22/2017 12:29:54 PM
From: Maurice Winn  Read Replies (1) of 220127
 
Big power stations run efficiently at about 55% while engines in cars run at 30%. So big power stations have a major head start. Then there are the line losses at something like 10% [your mileage will vary]. But oil has delivery costs too - big trucks driving around and big service stations.

And big power stations can burn coal, Orinoco goo, dead rats and rubbish from cities, cellulose from plants, whereas cars cannot. If CO2 needs to be collected and sunk under the ocean, that can be done at a power station but not in a car.

Big power stations can also be photovoltaic, nuclear, wind, tide, hydro, geothermal but those are no good on cars.

With good electricity supplies, the Prius could avoid needing an engine, making the car 100% electric. That would save a few $thousand and all the hassle that goes along with an engine. Electric only would create a lot of vacant space in the car.

Competition would prevent electricity prices rising past the cost of oil.

Mqurice
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