Posted on 12/25/2021 7:56:56 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
You don’t have to refuel a car if it is sitting in garage. You do have to freed the horse.
If we figure out all of the costs, can we then find a way to compare the fuels and vehicles more equally for average daily drivers to understand?
It takes energy to create and make available the Y amount of energy we then we use to move our vehicle Z from point A to point B.
For example, how much does it cost to produce and then make available the gasoline required to do that Y amount of energy required? Or the diesel fuel required?
How do those costs compare to costs of the various fuels used to produce and store the electrical energy needed to do that same work in an EV, along with the costs of the batteries that store it? To me, it’s always been about the batteries.
When you add all of today’s costs and losses together, how do electrically powered and combustion powered vehicle Zs compare?
Battery life and replacement cost accounting over time with EVs adds some clarity to these comparisons.
Otoh, new discoveries and potential future battery tech could change everything, along with the world that depends on energy.
But, are we there yet now with EVs or is combustion power still more cost effective?
Please check out the link in post 12. It has a discussion on the cost of batteries for EVs.
Illegal immigrants increase US demand for Energy.
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Forcing us into EVs is an essential element in the transformation of America.
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