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To: Reaganez; EagleUSA; thackney

Reaganez, summarizing thackney’s point, you’ve conveniently left out powerplant efficiency and transmission losses. These are nontrivial omissions, especially the first.

There is a “lies, damn lies, and statistics” sort of case to be made here.

Ultimately, the owner/operator typically really cares little about thermodynamic efficiency. Make the case for the vehicle on real costs, without subsidies, and all the B.S. tends to evaporate.


84 posted on 01/23/2015 5:20:57 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster

Points well made, and of course, how about all the hydrocarbons (coal, LPG, etc) that get burned to generate charging power? And try pulling a boat for 200-300 miles over mountains...and with how clean gas engines are nowadays (which the libs always avoid) — what is the point?

Food for thought. :-)


115 posted on 01/23/2015 10:22:51 AM PST by EagleUSA (Liberalism removes the significance of everything.)
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