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The study also estimated that gas-powered vehicles cause at least twice as much environmental damage over their lifetimes as EVs, and said the benefits of EVs can be expected to increase in coming decades as clean sources of power, such as solar and wind, are brought onto the grid.

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[-] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

ICE are notorious for losing most of the potential energy through heat. The usable energy is about 20-30% for petrol and 30-40% for diesel.

[-] Tommelot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

That's to do with the total energy stored in petrol, that's irrelevant for the comparison. The statement was 100 miles with 2,5 gallon of gas. That's easy in EU

[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Nah man, the statement was 240 miles on 1.5 gallons worth of energy.

My electric blows the hell out of even the most efficient gas motors.

[-] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 4 points 1 week ago

The statement was hundreds, not 100. No idea how accurate the statement is though

[-] Tommelot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It wasn't at the time I typed it. It was 100+ then

[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Nope, I never edited a damn thing, don't play stupid games.

You do realise edits are timestamped, yes? There's no edit on the comment. Try again.

Where in the EU. I’m in the UK and if you want to meet and prove it to me you can have my car. It only a 2020 A Class though.

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