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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propchef wrote:That is because you are not making the right comparisonRoyJ 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...
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.
Yes a gallon of diesel is burned and is gone.
And a battery discharges electricity and is gone.
Both the battery and the fuel tank can be refilled over and over..But a battery loses capacity with time and use, where a fuel tank does not. IOW the battery is in essence a fuel tank. It just stores a different fuel
