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RobertSmalls · 05-06-2010, 05:19 PM

Neil,

The above figure accounts for the 83% efficient nature of oil exploitation, refining, and distribution. It also uses the 30.3% "lumped average efficiency of electrical production and transmission". Both numbers are from the US DoE.

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RobertSmalls Left Lane Ecodriver Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA Posts: 2,257 Prius C - '12 Toyota Prius C Thanks: 79 Thanked 287 Times in 200 Posts	Neil, The above figure accounts for the 83% efficient nature of oil exploitation, refining, and distribution. It also uses the 30.3% "lumped average efficiency of electrical production and transmission". Both numbers are from the US DoE.