OR...why we don't drive electric cars
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Gasoline gallon equivalent
- Gasoline gallon equivalent (GGE) or gasoline-equivalent gallon (GEG) is the amount of alternative fuel it takes to equal the energy content of one liquid gallon of gasoline
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Electricity = 33.40 kilowatt-hours
that's 33,400 watts for one hour
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What? No..that's WATT = POWAH = amperage x volts.
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a typical battery is 100 ampere hour..that's 100 amps for one hour
....if it's a 12 volt battery that would be 1200 watts for one hour.
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do the math
33,400 / 1200 = 27.8333333 batteries,
fully charged are the equivalent to one gallon of gasoline
a typical 100 amp/hr battery
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cost $159 weighs 58.9 lbs. x 27.83333 = 1639.3833333 lbs and $4,452
(plus tax..and the tax is a LOT)
gasoline on the other hand
1 gallon weighs about 6.3 lbs.....in Texas it cost about two bux.
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it takes a few minutes to fill the tank with gas.
my pickup
takes twenty gallons (32,780 pounds of battery power equivalent)
It has a range of 'about' 300 miles. (it get's about 14 mpg)
the gasoline equivalent battery......heh. ..that would be 'about' fourteen miles.
it takes several HOURS to completely recharge the batteries.
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Any questions?
From the peanut gallery
"but..but..that's not fair...
...lithium battery and stuff..."
(sigh...google)
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Glad you axed that question
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Price PRICE: $1,299.99 (each)
weight : 28 lbs.
gallon of gasoline equivalent
27 x $ 1,299.99= $35,099.73
weight = 27 x 28 = 756 Lbs..
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Seems reasonable to me...why not go out and by a few?