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Yah, but those people won't be using refined gasoline. It uses alot of electricity just to refine a gallon of gas.
by soperj 14y ago
Yah, but those people won't be using refined gasoline. It uses alot of electricity just to refine a gallon of gas.
- sliverstorm 14y agoAccording to this web page: http://www.consumerenergyreport.com/2012/03/21/what-makes-up-the-cost-of-a-gallon-of-gasoline/ http://www.consumerenergyreport.com/2012/03/21/what-makes-up... It takes about $0.20 to refine a gallon of gas, so ~2kWh/gal. Except, It obviously actually takes less electricity than that, because there are other costs to refining. Not a bad investment in energy terms, when a gallon of gasoline contains ~36.6kWh worth of energy.
- jblow 14y agoDon't forget the cost in electricity of finding deposits, mining them, transporting the pre-refined gas, transporting the post-refined gas, and lobbying Congress.
- chris_mahan 14y agoI just imagined the Congressional Cattle Prod, wrapped in $100 bills.
- soperj 14y agoWhere on that page did you get the 20 cents? Didn't see that anywhere. From this http://gatewayev.org/how-much-electricity-is-used-refine-a-gallon-of-gasoline http://gatewayev.org/how-much-electricity-is-used-refine-a-g... It's more like 6kWh/gallon.