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Hilo gas prices continue to fall
I am not opposed ether.. I kinda like the idea...

Charles...

what FUEL are you talking about? Oil? LP? Natural Gas? Coal? the conversion to electricity each of these may be different, so how could you say the efficiency is the same? And if you take the average conversion efficiency and subtract all the losses, you want me to believe that its more energy efficient then a ICE?

From what I can find thermal power plants run at 36 - 48% efficiency
An ICE runs at 18-20% efficiency

Transmission loss for high voltage is around 7.2%
Transformer loss is around another 5%
Loss of charging the battery as much as 70%? (need to find better numbers here I bet its more like 20-30%)
and I am sure I am missing some things...

By the time all that's done.. my 19 MPG Jeep may still be the better choice.


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Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by macuu222 - 10-16-2008, 03:13 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by gtill - 10-16-2008, 03:48 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 10-16-2008, 04:23 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by DrJ - 10-17-2008, 09:38 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 10-17-2008, 09:53 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by oink - 10-17-2008, 01:14 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Loretta - 10-19-2008, 11:38 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by jade - 10-22-2008, 01:41 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 10-22-2008, 07:16 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 10-23-2008, 11:35 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Devany - 10-25-2008, 05:23 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by gtill - 10-28-2008, 03:58 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 10-30-2008, 10:56 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by jade - 11-05-2008, 05:11 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by rbakker - 11-05-2008, 06:36 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Dennis - 11-05-2008, 06:38 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 11-05-2008, 11:10 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 11-13-2008, 07:48 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by missydog1 - 11-15-2008, 05:28 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by aline - 11-18-2008, 11:42 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 11-24-2008, 09:49 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Jon - 11-24-2008, 10:10 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by rbakker - 11-24-2008, 10:14 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Jon - 11-24-2008, 10:23 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by oink - 11-24-2008, 10:31 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Jon - 11-24-2008, 11:21 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 11-24-2008, 12:01 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Jon - 11-24-2008, 12:21 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 11-24-2008, 12:44 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 11-24-2008, 12:47 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by oink - 11-24-2008, 12:52 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Jon - 11-24-2008, 03:23 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 11-30-2008, 11:03 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by rbakker - 12-02-2008, 05:53 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Jon - 12-02-2008, 07:47 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 12-02-2008, 10:34 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Jon - 12-03-2008, 02:21 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Devany - 12-03-2008, 03:42 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 12-03-2008, 04:32 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Jon - 12-03-2008, 04:41 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Jon - 12-03-2008, 04:47 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Jon - 12-03-2008, 04:58 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by gtill - 12-03-2008, 05:10 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 12-03-2008, 05:28 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 12-03-2008, 06:24 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by rbakker - 12-03-2008, 06:33 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Jon - 12-03-2008, 06:54 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 12-03-2008, 07:34 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Jon - 12-03-2008, 07:51 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by rbakker - 12-03-2008, 10:36 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 12-06-2008, 11:18 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by gtill - 12-06-2008, 01:21 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by gtill - 12-06-2008, 05:01 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 12-06-2008, 11:50 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 12-08-2008, 10:48 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Jon - 12-08-2008, 02:55 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by JWFITZ - 12-08-2008, 04:07 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by MarkP - 12-08-2008, 05:15 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 12-09-2008, 12:06 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by JWFITZ - 12-09-2008, 03:38 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Jon - 12-09-2008, 03:55 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by JWFITZ - 12-09-2008, 06:10 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Jon - 12-09-2008, 08:32 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by robguz - 12-09-2008, 09:24 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Jon - 12-09-2008, 11:33 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Jon - 12-09-2008, 12:06 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 12-09-2008, 02:03 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by JWFITZ - 12-09-2008, 02:06 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by JWFITZ - 12-09-2008, 02:14 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 12-10-2008, 12:00 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 12-10-2008, 02:18 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 12-10-2008, 02:24 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Jon - 12-11-2008, 02:30 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 12-20-2008, 04:45 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by gtill - 12-20-2008, 05:21 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by robguz - 12-20-2008, 09:29 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by gtill - 12-20-2008, 11:06 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by gtill - 12-20-2008, 05:49 PM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 12-21-2008, 01:00 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by roseroo14 - 12-21-2008, 06:27 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by gtill - 12-21-2008, 07:14 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 12-24-2008, 07:38 AM
RE: Hilo gas prices continue to fall - by Guest - 01-14-2009, 02:57 PM

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