What is the efficiency of the fuel supply? Gotta include the transportation costs there too, every gallon of diesel burned hauling fuel counts there.
I'm not saying its worse or better, I'm curious about it... -Curt On Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 02:30:51 PM EDT, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <[email protected]> wrote: I would like to see a PSA where the systemic efficiency of EV's was modeled, using plumbing. Specifically a water analog starting with a large tank representing the generating station, with dripping pipes and joints that represent the efficiency of the transmission and distribution losses, and a leaky filler hose that represented the charging efficiency of the EV battery. And a car that drips representing the battery self-discharge rate. I think the visual image of 'filling' the pseudo-EV using sweating, dripping, and spraying pipes and nozzles would dismay many of the would-be-smug proponents, and ought to go a long way towards tempering the unjustified exuberance that faction currently has. A nice avuncular voice-over starting out: "Imagine if we could SEE the electrons we are using to fuel our nationwide EV fleet..." I believe our grid is something like 50% efficient, leaving out all the ills of batteries. This will NOT be a dry demonstration! -- Jim _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
