Gas vs Electric Cars: When the Cure Is Worse Than the Disease

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Gas vs Electric Cars: When the Cure Is Worse Than the Disease

Submitted by Dave Hodges on Thursday, April 25, 2019 - 01:39.

Environmentalists obsess with choosing technology that is eco-friendly. Most uninformed people believe that electric cars are more eco-friendly than are the so-called gas-guzzlers. However, the real data tells a different story with regard to this debate. Here is the story....

LPG Vehicles

Rexton Von Liz… Thu, 04/25/2019 - 21:20

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Here's what has been going on for years in Oceania; Both Ford and Holden offer LPG-fuelled vehicles. These have the equivalent of a 99 Octane Rating, and burn 99.7% clean with their exhaust emissions. Taxis and business vehicles involved on servicing routes use these. LPG at the pump is only .99 cents compared to $2.45 per litre of petrol. You can extend oil changes from 6K to 14K due to LPG burning without leaving carbon deposits behind. I retro-fitted my 2009 Ford Falcon over to LPG, and it runs so much better, and emits 99.8% clean exhaust. These cars can also burn natural Gas, of which there is a limitless supply of worldwide. Check out the retro kits, and the petrol stations that offer LPG for vehicles online!

The environmental cost in manufacturing the lithium car batterie

Rexton Von Liz… Thu, 04/25/2019 - 22:36

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Imagine the cost in air, soil and water pollution as the by-products involved in the manufacturing processes of making car batteries begin to mount... I would say that the Rivia's lay-out of each wheel being powered by an electric motor is fine, but I would also say that a 2-3 cylinder generator powered by LPG or Natural Gas would be very cost efficient, making essentially a zero carbon footprint without the use of batteries. The technique for this technology exists with diesel-electric locomotives and formerly in U-Boats and Diesel-Electric Submarines. But, I'm sure that nothing will come of it....

Electric cars are much cheaper to own

Steve Nugent Fri, 11/01/2019 - 22:27

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Operating cost of Electric Car versus Gas Car I calculated the cost per mile for an average gas car using the current average price at the pump of $2.99/gallon and the avg. efficiency of 25 miles/gal, which is well-documented. The cost of the gasoline is increased to include government oil subsidies, government programs, defense spending to protect foreign oil interests and corn-Ethanol subsidies.The operating cost of the gas car is 15 cents/mile on average. Add average maintenance and it's 27 cents/mile. The average electricity rate nationwide is $0.12/KWH. At 300WH/mile, the cost to operate an electric car is 3.6 cents/mile + maintenance. Costs less than 1/3 to drive electric. You save $36K over 200K miles. Enough to buy another car.

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