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the oil not used in petrol cars will be used to make electricity for the electric cars... so demand for oil will go up..
by basicplus2 11y ago
the oil not used in petrol cars will be used to make electricity for the electric cars... so demand for oil will go up..
- azernik 11y agoa) according to the IEA as cited by Wikipedia, oil only accounts for 5.5% of global electricity generation. The proportion is even smaller in most developed countries listed, where I would expect new car technologies to take off first. b) even that electricity is generated more efficiently than energy in a car engine - power plants generally don't have to make compromises in order to reduce weight.
- basicplus2 11y agoa) part a) is before.. so irrelevant a) part b) is guess.. so no better than anything I have said b) incorrect.. as burning a fuel to directly produce mechanical energy that is used as mechanical energy is more efficient than.. burning fuel to produce mechanical energy to drive a generator to make electricity, to store it, to retrieve it, and then drive an electrical motor, to produce mechanical energy to use.