Does anyone know much oil is used to produce a gallon of gasoline? A gallon of diesel? And how much energy from other sources goes into their production?
Today RobertSmalls posted this:
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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls
According to Wikipedia, "The D.O.E. reports that the lumped average efficiency of electrical production and transmission in the United States, eelectricity, is 0.303 while the efficiency of refining and distributing petroleum, egasoline, is 0.830."
So remember to apply a 17% penalty to gasoline, based on the energy cost of refining and transporting it.
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I'm asking because I'd like to have an idea of how much fuel I'm
really pulling from the Earth's resources - Pouring 1 gallon of fuel into my tank does not mean that only 1 gallon of oil was extracted, transported and refined.
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