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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
34kWh * 15.4% = 5.236kWh per gallon. Which is enough to drive 20 miles at 250Wh/mile or ~34.9 miles st 150Wh per mile. That's just the refining. If they are only adding the energy directly used in refining, then that is not accurate.
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No, no, no. 15.4% is the fraction that is "other than distillate fuels". You need to find the energy-weighted fraction of distillate fuels that is motor gasoline, then multiply that by .846*42TWh to get the purchased electricity assignable to gasoline.