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Dave Plowman (News)
 
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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Err, no. The concept is totally flawed. All it does is move the
pollution about. They're certainly no more energy efficient than a
small diesel of similar performance.


They are. If your power station efficiency including tranmissions loses
is better than the diesl in a car, you gave a net gain.


Calculations show this is indeed the case.


And you've included the efficiency of charging a battery?

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