Indeed the value of refined hydrocarbons is built into the molecules themselves not the manner of their liberation. Too bad they smell so bad.
Not agreeing to your numbers* per se*, the overall sentiment is correct. It is easy to light a fire, but hard to contain the smoke. On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 1:55 AM, K O via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > This fellows numbers don't seem right to me, but I don't carry stats > around in my headaccurate? or not?Phil Boettge The US uses 33% of its > electrical capacity for industrial purposes. Of its industrial uses, 16% > are for refining petroleum products. So 5.3% of the US electrical capacity > is used for refining petroleum.Replacing all of America's cars with > all-electric vehicles would increase American electrical demand by 21.7 to > 43.4 percent, depending on whether one accepts 6 or 3 miles per kilowatt. > So replacing internal combustion engines with all-electric ones would use 4 > to 8 times as much electricity as refining petroleumChoose Love, > KO > I don't shop where I can't charge. > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160313/6a331e9b/attachment.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 585-6737 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 600-2892 Cell [email protected] <[email protected]> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160313/9a3f759c/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
