03-07-2022, 01:08 AM
PeterB wrote:
[quote=Acer]
Hey guys, just thinking outside the box here, but maybe we should reduce our dependence on fossil fuels?
If anything good comes out of this, it'll be that this pushes us even more quickly toward EV's and other non-fossil fuel based alternatives...
Even if we use fossil fuels to GENERATE the electricity, it is 3x as efficient as a tiny ICE in a car/truck. Most power plants run around 61-62% efficient. Petroleum fired turbines can produce massive amounts of power, but @70% of the fuel jusy goes to spin up the turbine and run the compressor section. They are either on or off essentially. Can't really idle them. Same reason they hate to idle airliners.