Please elaborate.
Ok, crude oil to electricity power plant efficiency is 34% says Siemens, global coal power plant efficiency is roughly 33%
So it makes no difference, you may as well burn the crude oil to generate electricity, skip the refinery step and deliver it to electric cars. Total efficiency comparison is then (ignoring oil extraction which you must do for both)
electric car
0.34 x 0.85 x 0.68 = 0.197
diesel car
0.34 x 0.88 x 0.41 = 0.12
again generously ignoring the tanker trucks.
Please share your calculation.
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