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That refineries produce the heat by burning raw crude oil doesn't make the process sound any better for the environment. I'm not sure how much oil needs to be
by giaour 11y ago
That refineries produce the heat by burning raw crude oil doesn't make the process sound any better for the environment.
I'm not sure how much oil needs to be burned to produce 6 kWh, but since a GGE is 33.4 kWh, I'd assume it's at least 1/6th of a gallon. Gasoline emissions need to account for the oil burned to produce that heat and all energy consumed in the gasoline's storage and distribution.
- mikeash 11y agoCertainly, it's not great. But it's not the case that you can run an electric car off the energy needed simply to refine gasoline for a normal car. I'm all for a full accounting of all the energy used in the whole process, certainly.