09-11-2011, 06:55 PM
BernDog wrote:
[quote=AllGold]
Even electricity generated from 100% coal on a large scale is more efficient and less polluting than burning gasoline.
Unfortunately, I don't have anything handy to cite on the subject and I don't expect or even want you to take my word for it any more than I want you to take someone's word for it who says otherwise.
My gut tells me that producing power on a large scale has to be more efficient than separate tiny power plants in each vehicle (like we have now). But, I do know there is some power loss in converting all those electrons and moving them long distances, as well as in charging/discharging a battery, so... ?
Sure, but it's not like burning gasoline for locomotion is 100% efficient either.