Dino juice v Electrons....
Towing just got longer....A LOT LONGER...(and harder) Well....I guess it would work.....if you're retired....and like to wait around at charging stations half of your life.....and like to play soli...
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RoyJ wrote:propchef wrote:
Again, fuel burns (releasing energy), and lithium is part of a storage system. Apples to bananas. Lithium is rechargeable. Diesel isn't.
Your example doesn't make logical sense.
Not sure if I follow what you're saying.
When comparing batteries to liquid fuel, the only meaningful comparison is energy density.
The power density of liquid fuel is virtually unlimited. Example, you have big enough fuel injectors and oxygen (top fuel dragster), you can output 8000 hp from a 10 gallon tank.
Not for long of course, but now we're talking about energy...
There are several "meaningful comparisons" to make with batteries besides what is being called "energy density." How much of a charge can the battery hold (capacity) and charge/discharge rates are also properties of the battery that are difficult if not impossible to compare to liquid fuel. Power delivery (discharge rate) is far greater with modern batteries than with burning liquid diesel fuel. That's the massive torque hit you get when you punch the accelerator in an EV from a standstill. Diesel can't do that.
I've mentioned several times now and have not seen a response to the fact that the gallon of diesel burns and is gone, but the battery can be recharged over and over.
Comparing liquid fuel to an electric storage system cannot be done accurately using only one metric.
