Posted by jdemaris on December 03, 2010 at 09:21:01 from (67.142.130.40):
In Reply to: Government VOLT posted by patsublett on December 03, 2010 at 07:39:45:
I heard the standard household charger works at a rate of 5 miles per hour. For every hour you charge it, you get one hour of driving (if on flat roads). So a 40 mile ride takes 8 hours of charging when you get home.
The only way the Volt saves some energy resources (while wasting others), is when it's hooked to electricity made from coal burning (most of the USA power) or hydro. Right now, resources are evaluted by the return. That is . . . how much it costs to get them, versus how much they return. Coal has the highest return of anything we use right now. I'll add that anything with less then a 5 to 1 return ratio is considered a waste of time. Ethanol has a return ratio of 1.1 to 1. Wonder why any money is wasted on it?
Coal - has an 80 to 1 return-ratio. Hydro-electric - 40 to 1. Wind power - 30 to 1 Imported oil - 28 to 1. Natural gas - 10 to 1 Nuclear - 10 to 1 Domestic oil - 9 to 1 Solar electric - 8 to 1 Tar sands - 5 to 1 Biodiesel and ethanol - 1.1 to 1 (what a waste !)
It would probably be more efficient to build a direct-coal-burner. Maybe something like an old Stanley-Steamer?
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