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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
Right, and we need to apply the same source-to-use carbon totals on the electricity and gas used to produce the oil, as well.
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We also need to ensure that, if we're only to be discussing transportation fuels, we only include that percentage of extracted and refined oil which is actually used for transportation, and only that which is used in transportation of a similar nature to the comparison.
IOW - You can't include transportation costs of liquid fuels unless you also note that Electricity energy has fuel transportation costs as well.
I think the part of this whole cycle that bothers me the most is that we use electricity to get oil, then refine the oil and reuse it to get more electricity. Seems kinda stupid, eh?
BTW - The natural gas that gets burned off, at least around here, is considered "dirty fuel" as I understand it. The costs associated with extracting and "cleaning" it are greater than it's fuel value, so they just burn it off.
Wasteful, yes - I'm sure SOMETHING could use that fuel as is.