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Steve Firth
 
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Default 'Steam' powered cars...

Doctor Drivel wrote:

"Steve Firth" wrote in message
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Doctor Drivel wrote:

However, the vehicle is another matter. It is more efficient to pour
fuel into an engine at a power station with advanced stack scrubbers,
that drives a genny, that sends the electricity down a line, then
into a cars battery and propel the car, than pour the fuel directly
into a current car. 75% of energy stored in your tank is wasted,
while only a few percentage points of energy is wasted from a battery
pack - and the electric car is 100% clean at point of use, cleaning
up cities at a stroke."

Now read this 4 times...and you can move your lips if you like.


I have done,


I your case shout as you read it. Now do it again.

what is remarkable is that it is complete and utter ******** from one
end to the other. It takes no account of generation, transmission and
conversion losses, and makes ludicrous claims about the efficiency of
a battery.


As your knowledge of current batteries is less than ZERO, it is clear
you know even less about the rest.

Ah, back to your usual tactics, confident assertions from a base of
complete and utter ignorance. Go back to reading the catalogues.