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To: thackney

“Why We Don’t Have Battery Breakthroughs?”

See: ‘Law of Thermodynamics”.

Given our set conditions on earth ... I.E the basics like gravity, earth rotations and what have you, It takes the same amount of energy to move a given mass no matter what form of energy you use.

So if you’re using electricity generated by fossil fuels then an electric car saves you nothing.


13 posted on 02/11/2015 5:33:06 AM PST by Usagi_yo
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To: Usagi_yo

Yep, thats basic physics. You cannot get more out of something than you put in it.


22 posted on 02/11/2015 5:39:55 AM PST by envisio (Its on like Donkey Kong!)
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To: Usagi_yo

Untrue. Electric motors can be more than 90 percent efficient compared to the 25 percent efficiency of a gasoline engine. (that’s why the Tesla can travel almost 300 miles on the same amount of energy that would go into three and a half gallons of gasoline). if you’re getting that energy from a natural gas power plant which can run at its ideal efficiency 24 hours a day then you’re still much more efficient per mile at the end of the day and if you put gasoline into your tank.


110 posted on 02/12/2015 1:23:58 AM PST by NavVet ("You Lie!")
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