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To: nihil who wrote (58296)1/22/2001 1:34:01 PM
From: Jacques Chitte  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
If we use a Carnot cycle as theoretical efficiency (100%), gasoline car engines can be as good as 33% efficient.
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If this is so, then the efficiency of burning the fuel in the vehicle is quite competitive with - or actually superior to - remote generation and transmission of electricity, and conversion of stored electricity into translational energy in the car.
Just my $.02.