On 23 Aug 2019 at 11:21, paul dove via EV wrote: > 3.8 pounds of co2 is produced to make 3500 watts of electricity........
I take it the author means watt-HOURS, because saying "3500 watts of electricity" is like saying "12 horsepower of gasoline." > > So an electric car will go 25 miles on what it takes to make gasoline even > before itTMs burned Not a Tesla S, surely. The typical smallish EV such as a Leaf uses around 250Wh per mile. So 3.5kWh would drive a Leaf 14 miles. From what I read online, a Tesla S is more like around 350-400Wh/mi, so at best, 10 miles. I don't know about a 3; I guess its energy use would be somewhere in between. But that's just a minor detail. I confess I didn't read the cited report -- I don't want to be associated with that website in any way -- but typically these kinds of hit jobs ignore the emissions associated with petroleum exploration, extraction, transportation, refining, distribution, marketing, and/or dispensing. That's how they arrive at their pre-determined conclusions. Regrettably, the mainstream media shout this kind of bogus report at full volume in the noonday sun. If they even bother with the inevitable corrections from responsible sources, those are delivered much later, at a whisper, and at 2am on a Sunday. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
