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Originally Posted by HPsauce
.....times generating efficiency of what?
And is transporting fuel efficiency really that low?  (I would have guessed high 90's percent)
Typically 3000 gallons in a tanker and it can't have a fuel tank bigger than that to just deliver it locally. Pipelines do the backbone work and are extremeely efficient. |
generating efficiency is ignored because the source is assumed to be the same for both, be it coal or nuclear.
We can ignore oil tanker because we assume the tanker delivers fuel to the same UK power plant for both electric and fossil fuel cars. So its trucks vs cables for comparing car efficiency. Unless UK has extensive pipe network from refinery to petrol station?
Even if we are extra generous and took out the fuel trucks, you are still faced with 36% for diesel cars vs 58% for electric cars.