Thursday 21 February 2013

Something Nobody is Talking About

If electric cars become a reality, or more widely adopted what are we to do with all that gasoline?
The argument for electric will win out in the end, it's just way more efficient to move a vehicle with electric power then with the infernal combustion engine. The Tesla passes all tests when comparing the two means of propulsion. This is one piece that will help you figure this out.Why Women Love The Tesla Model X. The fact is over 90% of our driving is within a 100 miles at most, and very often it's less then that. So the range is there, in fact the top Tesla model has over a 200 mile range making a recharge only necessary 2 or 3 times a week.
So what are we to do with all that gasoline? It is a by product of the refining process, making it a problem when few are using it. The refineries have the supply thing down pretty good but when demand drops then what? Do they lower the price to a "lose" or tank it up and ship it to third worlds? No one that Ive read has said anything about this.
I do not profess to be well educated on the refining of oil, so maybe they can do something else with it, but it would seem to me that this "by-product" is going to need a new home somewhere. That is a scary thing to think about. They already dump loads of chemicals deep in the earth, are they going to do this with gas as well? Please enlighten me if you know the answer!
7 billion and counting

1 comment:

  1. hmm my concern isn't so much about the gas but more so about if they will continue to use coal to produce electricity...

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