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"60kWh/gallon" -- is that gallon of gasoline? Or ethanol? Or CO2? If you know the figures off-hand (to save me doing the chemistry), how much water and CO2 i
by __d 7y ago
"60kWh/gallon" -- is that gallon of gasoline? Or ethanol? Or CO2?
If you know the figures off-hand (to save me doing the chemistry), how much water and CO2 is required to produce the gallon of output?
- rmcginnis 7y agoGasoline. Each metric ton of CO2 corresponds to approx. 113 gallons of gasoline. The amount of water is approx. 1:1 by volume.
- fooblitzky 7y agoVery rough calculation: * 60 kWh / gallon of gasoline * 100,000 gallons / year * = 6 GWh / year * = 3.5 MW solar array (from on-line calculator) * ~ 18,000 m^2 of solar panels (500W, 1.9m * 1.3m) (roughly 3 football fields of solar panels).
- tedmcory77 7y agoNot to be flippant; but doesn't that seem like a surprisingly small installation for ~273 gallons a day?