"The Other Mike" wrote in message
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On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 02:29:42 +0100, "Doctor Drivel"
wrote:

But 80% of the energy in that tank is wasted. So go back and do some
sums.

You do the same on the energy loss from the raw fuel coming into the power
station to that eventually applied to the wheels in an electric car.

The oil/petrol/diesel delivery network is energy intensive. Electricity goes
down a cable in a dangerous polluting truck.

Fracking is underway in Lancashire. The fracking means the UK could be self
sufficient in gas for hundreds of years to come - yet no hoo-ha is made of
this. The field is all the North of England from about Blackpool south, into
the midland and the northern Home Counties. Energy prices in the UK
currently are horrendous. All electricity could be fuelled by cleaner gas,
with more "local stations" that could combine Heat & Power
using the waste station heat to pipe to homes AND supply local EV charging
stations. EV cars and buses and a full electric rail network is feasible -
well they are now.