Comments by "Simon" (@Simon-dm8zv) on "Electric vehicles use half the energy of gasoline powered fossil-fuel vehicles" video.

  1. 50 times* but it is not that much of a problem.
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  2. Mines???
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  3.  @ronwalker4998  First generation of what? Vehicles?
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  4.  @ronwalker4998  What is your source for the 250 years? And obviously materials will be recycled (especially copper) after the first generation.
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  5. Have you ever driven one?
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  6. 👍🏻
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  7. It’s all a conspiracy!!!111eleven
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  8. Inform yourself
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  9. Not at all as 100% fossil electricity is quite hard to find these days.
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  10.  @philgooddr.7850  Again, 100% fossil electricity doesn’t exist. Look it up.
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  11.  @philgooddr.7850 'Enough for more CO2 per mile of a BEV than with a good thermal or hybrid car.' Again, wrong. Even in these worst case scenarios you are describing EVs produces less CO2 than comparable ICE cars. Data is clear about this.
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  12.  @philgooddr.7850  Your numbers are far off. A Prius consumes about 5 liters of petrol per 100 km, which is 45 kWh per 100 km. This equates to about 11 kg CO2 per 100 km. USA electricity mix = 0,4 kg CO2 per kWh. Thus the Tesla causes only 6 kg of CO2 per 100 km.
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  13.  @philgooddr.7850  At night there often is a lot of wind energy. The 'charging at night on coal power' is a myth. Therefore using a country's average is perfectly justified. Yes, the Prius is obviously a great choice if you really need an ICE car. But it can never be better than a fully electric car when it comes to CO2 emissions and no, you don't need to have both. The Prius consumes 16 kWh per 100 km according to WLTP, so more than the current facelift Model 3 (13,2 kWh per 100 km). Also, the Prius won't consume only 3,5 liters per 100 km when it is running in full ICE mode - so especially on longer trips the Prius will be a lot worse than the Model 3.
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  14.  @philgooddr.7850  The point is the Prius never gets 3.5 L per 100 kn in ICE mode in non urban environment. It would be impossible for any gasoline car of this size. EPA proves this: 4.2 L/100 km highway driving. EPA consumption of the Model 3 is 18 kWh / 100 km.
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  15. Not all. There are plenty of out of warranty EVs on the market and people buy them.
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  16. It doesn’t get to much more than 30%
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  17.  @maxtorque2277 Great comment!
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  18. Has nothing to do with electric cars specifically.
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  19. Battery drain is completely negligible. And obviously loads of energy is used to power the tanker truck that transports the fuel…
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  20.  @billcichoke2534  Battery drain = losing charge while the car is parked and turned off.
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  21.  @billcichoke2534  Like I said: battery drain is negligible.
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  22.  @billcichoke2534  Please elaborate
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  23. Not necessary at all as most batteries will outlive the rest of the vehicle.
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  24. Correct, but despite that they are far more efficient.
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  25.  @M13x13M  Not difficult at all. The increase of energy consumption caused by a few hundred kilograms of extra mass is nothing compared to the terribly low efficiency of the combustion engine.
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  26.  @M13x13M  Not at all. Just look up average consumption of EVs online.
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  27.  @M13x13M  Just look up EV consumption numbers
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  28. You are wrong and you are just pulling some numbers out of thin air. Take a deep breath and inform yourself. All the information is easy to find.
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  29. Of course. There is loads of lifecycle research available online that cover all the details.
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  30.  @MrStr8den  lol
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