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Old 10-11-2010, 07:39 PM   #19 (permalink)
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The ideal series hybrid is the electric car getting its power from a natural gas fueled power plant. No series hybrid or mobile internal combustion engine will ever match the efficiency of even the worst coal fueled electric power plant.
I'm talking about a different ideal. I don't care about the fuel source. I am only talking about the drivetrain, where the ICE is 100% separate from the wheels. In that situation you should be able to swap out the ICE for any source of energy generation, aka hydrogen fuel cell, or carbon-neutral wood-fueled steam powa, or just more batteries (as you have just stated).

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