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Thermodynamics is why electric was buried by gasoline in the 19th century. That reason hasn't changed! Only people who have zero STEM knowledge seemed to thin
by xyzzy21 5y ago
Thermodynamics is why electric was buried by gasoline in the 19th century. That reason hasn't changed! Only people who have zero STEM knowledge seemed to think otherwise.
- ciarcode 5y agoCould you please argument your POV?
- wolfram74 5y agoMy guess would be they're thinking a that running an engine to move the wheels of a car will always be more efficient than running an engine to move the wheel of a generator, transmit the electricity, charge a battery and then move the wheels of a car. Neglecting that power plants can run at temperatures small car engines can't, getting better carnot efficiencies, or using non-combustion methods of generating electricity.
- choeger 5y agoNot to forget the gained efficiency of distributing huge amounts of fuel to a single location vs. small amounts to many locations
- Gibbon1 5y agoThere are a couple of reasons gasoline won. While cars are nice in dense 19th century cities. Not strictly needed when you had street cars and walkable neighborhoods. And delivery services. They are more useful in rural America which was 60-70% of the population. And Rural houses didn't have electricity. No electricity no way to charge a car. Even city houses had very limited service, 10-20 amp was common. No power semiconductors which meant inefficient motors and chargers. Lead acid batteries have a quarter the energy density and output power that modern lithium ion batteries do. Which meant range sucked. And horsepower sucked.