[ausev] Electric Generation Capacity

[JohnFM]

That's some pretty good info. it would be nice if we had a forum to
put a sticky on it.

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Ken Thomas <kenscircus at aol.com> wrote:
> One thing that is often overlooked is that gas cars actually use more
> electricity than electric cars do.
> That appears to be a ridiculous statement until you consider the fact
> that oil refineries consume more electricity to produce one gallon of
> gasoline than a battery electric car uses to go the same distance, at
> the same performance level, as a gas car can go on one gallon of gas.
> The average oil refinery burns 8 to 12 KWH of electricity per gallon of
> gasoline produced. A Phoenix Motor Cars SUV uses about 0.35 KWH per
> mile.  http://www.phoenixmotorcars.com/vehicles/phoenix-suv.php
> If all transportation was electrically powered, the total national
> electric demand would actually be less.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gil Dawson <Gil at Gil.Dawson.name>
> To: AustinEV News Announcements and General Discussion
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> Sent: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 6:25 pm
> Subject: [ausev] Electric Generation Capacity
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> On Dec 19, 2008, at 6:55 P, Ian Ward wrote:
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> Eventually, we'll need more electric generation capacity
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> Not so much as you might think.  Capacity has to allow for hot summer
> afternoons.  Cars can charge at night, when there's loads of headroom.
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> POs for real deliveries) should go to real domestic innovators like
> Tesla, Commuter Cars, AC Propulsion, Aptera, Enova, Azure Dynamics
> (actually Canadian), UQM, Raser, A123, AltairNano, and Valence to buy20
> the assets and hire the people to rebuild the industry.
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> OMG!  That's a capital idea!
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> --Gil
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