Acutally, if your calculations are correct, electricity doesn't look half bad. :) Even better if TOU net metering with some solar was taken in to account. We also have to take the energy conversion of the vehicle system which EV's come out way ahead of ICE vehicles, no matter what fuel is used.
James Slayden On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, MH wrote: > One of the problems (I think) associated with > liquid and electric vehicles is when comparing > energy derived at a given weight, > > Lead acid battery___1x > Ethanol____________50x > E85________________80x > Gasoline_____________100x > > I'm unsure of the source of these figures and > question how it was derived but I'd assume > it may have converted the energy to Btu/lb > or J/kg for comparative purposes only BUT > technical studies indicate that ethanol and E85 > Internal Combustion Engines can be dedicated > to provide equal (or slightly better) fuel economy > per given volume (e.g. one litre) as unleaded > gasoline. > > > Another comparison would be cost per given > unit of energy such as a comparable price > for electricity to petrol, for example -- > > One US gallon of Low-Heating-Value petrol (gasoline) = 115,000 BTUs > divide by 3412 BTUs/kW = 33.7 kW > times $0.07/kW = $2.359 US dollars for the equivalent residential > electrical > amount of energy per US gallon of unleaded gasoline. Costs per kW may > very. > > Using the BTU figure from -- > Energy Conversion Facts > http://bioenergy.ornl.gov/papers/misc/energy_conv.html > > Energy Conversion Calculator > http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/ccenrgy.htm > > I imagine comparative factors could be used > using (Compressed) Natural Gas, LPG, hydrogen, > coal, biofuels, wind, hydroelectric, PV, etc. > > > ` > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > HGTV Dream Home Giveaway > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
