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This just in... The electric car you feel is creating no emissions is actually powered by coal in the most inefficient way humanly possible... Movie at 11.
peace...
So, how much exactly does it prduce compaired to an internal combution engine?
This just in... The electric car you feel is creating no emissions is actually powered by coal in the most inefficient way humanly possible... Movie at 11.
peace...
So, how much exactly does it prduce compaired to an internal combution engine?
In order to answer that we need to know where it gets the electricity to recharge its batteries. Also, we need to know where the spent toxic batteries will be disposed of.
So, how much exactly does it prduce compaired to an internal combution engine?
In order to answer that we need to know where it gets the electricity to recharge its batteries. Also, we need to know where the spent toxic batteries will be disposed of.
The batteries are obviously recycled appropriately. They last a long time and are easily identified, they have a car attached. They aren't double A's.
The eia has the info on emissions.
How much carbon dioxide is produced by burning gasoline and diesel fuel? - FAQ - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
"How much carbon dioxide is produced by burning gasoline and diesel fuel?
About 19.64 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) are produced from burning a gallon of gasoline that does not contain ethanol. About 22.38 pounds of CO2 are produced by burning a gallon of diesel fuel."
The electric auto produces no emissions.
The eia also has info on co2 per kw for different methods of generation.
How much carbon dioxide is produced per kilowatthour when generating electricity with fossil fuels? - FAQ - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
Hydroelectric produces none. So that's an easy calculation.
The others a bit more complicated.
We can rough out the solution without it, though.
An electric car with solar produces none.
An electric car with coal produces some.
The difference betwen the two is the generation method, so it's not the car that is the causal factor.
An inernal combustion engine produces it regardless of how electricit is generated on the grid. It is the causal factor.
I think the idea of the electric vehicle is that it s one link in a chain. It solves one of the issues.
So, how much exactly does it prduce compaired to an internal combution engine?
In order to answer that we need to know where it gets the electricity to recharge its batteries. Also, we need to know where the spent toxic batteries will be disposed of.
The batteries are obviously recycled appropriately. They last a long time and are easily identified, they have a car attached. They aren't double A's.
The eia has the info on emissions.
How much carbon dioxide is produced by burning gasoline and diesel fuel? - FAQ - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
"How much carbon dioxide is produced by burning gasoline and diesel fuel?
About 19.64 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) are produced from burning a gallon of gasoline that does not contain ethanol. About 22.38 pounds of CO2 are produced by burning a gallon of diesel fuel."
The electric auto produces no emissions.
The eia also has info on co2 per kw for different methods of generation.
How much carbon dioxide is produced per kilowatthour when generating electricity with fossil fuels? - FAQ - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
Hydroelectric produces none. So that's an easy calculation.
The others a bit more complicated.
We can rough out the solution without it, though.
An electric car with solar produces none.
An electric car with coal produces some.
The difference betwen the two is the generation method, so it's not the car that is the causal factor.
An inernal combustion engine produces it regardless of how electricit is generated on the grid. It is the causal factor.
I think the idea of the electric vehicle is that it s one link in a chain. It solves one of the issues.
Nothing is pure electric. Even electric cars are coal or nuclear electric. The only difference between a locomotive and an electric car is that the locomotive produces it's own electricity. The diesel engine is just a generator. I actually believe fuel electric cars havea viable future. Not hybrids because they aren't fuel electric, they are synergistic.The electric car has an interesting history. It was developed from a locomotive which today are still electric.Did not know that. Cool, thanks.
I am a bit of a gear head.
Locomotives are diesel/electric. A diesel engine drives a generator which creates electircity, the electricity turns a motor which puts power to the wheels. Many ships are also diesel electric. It makes for a lighter quieter ship with no long propeller shaft.
But they are not "electric" vehicles. They run on diesel fuel, made from OIL.
some streetcars are pure electric using overhead wires to get the electricity to their motors. But something still has to be burned to create the electricity.
That's great if you want to go to a Nissan dealership and wait for 3 hours.
Electric cars:
Wait to go to work
Wait to go home
Wait to go the grocery store.
Yeah, great cars.
He's had the car for almost a year and has never had to wait once, not at a dealership and not at work.
Why are you so opposed to reducing our dependence on oil?
Do you use a windmill to recharge it? If you plug it in to your house to recharge it, then you are using coal, oil, or gas to run your car. And the conversion from oil to electricity to battery to motor to wheels is not very efficient, some energy is lost in every conversion step.
About 7% of US power is now clean, so why do haters go on about coal, a dying segment until clean coal is possible....so many silly Rushbot arguments...
My God, what an effort to convince yourself that wind or solar won't work. However you didn't make any sense.In order to answer that we need to know where it gets the electricity to recharge its batteries. Also, we need to know where the spent toxic batteries will be disposed of.
The batteries are obviously recycled appropriately. They last a long time and are easily identified, they have a car attached. They aren't double A's.
The eia has the info on emissions.
How much carbon dioxide is produced by burning gasoline and diesel fuel? - FAQ - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
"How much carbon dioxide is produced by burning gasoline and diesel fuel?
About 19.64 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) are produced from burning a gallon of gasoline that does not contain ethanol. About 22.38 pounds of CO2 are produced by burning a gallon of diesel fuel."
The electric auto produces no emissions.
The eia also has info on co2 per kw for different methods of generation.
How much carbon dioxide is produced per kilowatthour when generating electricity with fossil fuels? - FAQ - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
Hydroelectric produces none. So that's an easy calculation.
The others a bit more complicated.
We can rough out the solution without it, though.
An electric car with solar produces none.
An electric car with coal produces some.
The difference betwen the two is the generation method, so it's not the car that is the causal factor.
An inernal combustion engine produces it regardless of how electricit is generated on the grid. It is the causal factor.
I think the idea of the electric vehicle is that it s one link in a chain. It solves one of the issues.
moving a car requires energy, the energy must be produced by something. If you can recharge your car using solar, great, but it won't work too well at night, and if you charge it during the day and drive at night it won't run as long because some of the charge will be used to run the lights, and don't even think about turning on the A/C.
maybe you can recharge from a windmill, but how will you get to work the next day if no wind is blowing that night?
I do agree with your last sentence, however. one link, but a minor link.
Nothing is pure electric. Even electric cars are coal or nuclear electric. The only difference between a locomotive and an electric car is that the locomotive produces it's own electricity. The diesel engine is just a generator. I actually believe fuel electric cars havea viable future. Not hybrids because they aren't fuel electric, they are synergistic.The electric car has an interesting history. It was developed from a locomotive which today are still electric.
I am a bit of a gear head.
Locomotives are diesel/electric. A diesel engine drives a generator which creates electircity, the electricity turns a motor which puts power to the wheels. Many ships are also diesel electric. It makes for a lighter quieter ship with no long propeller shaft.
But they are not "electric" vehicles. They run on diesel fuel, made from OIL.
some streetcars are pure electric using overhead wires to get the electricity to their motors. But something still has to be burned to create the electricity.
Welcome to News at 11. Solar Electric growth has led to more Jobs than What the Coal industry currently produces.
On to jeff for the weather forecast...
Welcome to News at 11. Solar Electric growth has led to more Jobs than What the Coal industry currently produces.
On to jeff for the weather forecast...
so what you are saying is that solar energy is much
more labor intense then coal energy
Welcome to News at 11. Solar Electric growth has led to more Jobs than What the Coal industry currently produces.
On to jeff for the weather forecast...
so what you are saying is that solar energy is much
more labor intense then coal energy
So, here we have a automobile, made right here in America, by American workers averaging well above the average pay, that has no match in the rest of the world, yet out "Conservatives" absolutely hate it. Very interesting. Perhaps a real insight into how their minds work, or fail to.
No one 'hates' it. We only ask that you be reasonable in your expectations of what it can do. Remember, all electric cars have to be recharged. The electricity to recharge them does not just magically appear, it has to be generated.
Welcome to News at 11. Solar Electric growth has led to more Jobs than What the Coal industry currently produces.
On to jeff for the weather forecast...
so what you are saying is that solar energy is much
more labor intense then coal energy
Not one bit.
But if it was, would you be against more legitimate jobs being made?
Sounds like you are just to get your way.
So, here we have a automobile, made right here in America, by American workers averaging well above the average pay, that has no match in the rest of the world, yet out "Conservatives" absolutely hate it. Very interesting. Perhaps a real insight into how their minds work, or fail to.
No one 'hates' it. We only ask that you be reasonable in your expectations of what it can do. Remember, all electric cars have to be recharged. The electricity to recharge them does not just magically appear, it has to be generated.
You DO realize that every car that runs on gasoline needs to be "recharged" in the fact that it needs it's fuel tank refilled to be able to run, right?
Recharging an electric car is the same thing as filling the gas tank on your current car.
