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Old 08-09-2019, 04:17 AM   #40 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by arcosine View Post
Dont forget to include the inefficiencies of the coal powered station generating the electricity to run this car.
Don't forget the inefficiencies of producing gasoline.

Coal is on its way out, wind and solar are growing.
For the first half of 2019 Germany generated more electricity from wind and solar than from coal and nuclear, and Germany traditionally burns, or burned, a lot of coal.
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