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You're burning 1kg of gasoline with 46MJ/kg energy at 20% efficiency gives you 9.2MJ of work done. Do you need to replace 46MJ energy embodied in gasoline with
by llukas 7y ago
You're burning 1kg of gasoline with 46MJ/kg energy at 20% efficiency gives you 9.2MJ of work done.
Do you need to replace 46MJ energy embodied in gasoline with 46MJ worth of electricity?
No. Electric engine has 95% efficiency so you need 9.68 MJ of energy.