nakedjaybird

Solar Cells on Electric Cars Make Cents

Your analysis only makes cents if utility power is generated from something combusted like coal, gas, oil (maybe nuc) where 70% of the btu's have already gone up the stack, cooling tower, etc.

If that utility KWH happens to already come from solar or wind which are pure gains from the sun and wind, then the econonomy you speak of has already evaporated.

The only gain that then exists is within the operation of the hybrid, which only proves that the hybrid should be all electric from solar and not use any hydrocarbon, period. Which is real gain.

We should not use any hydrocarbon for transportation or power generation. It should all come from wind and solar. That should be our national goal. Totally electric, from wind, solar, tidal, hydro, and nuclear.

No liquifaction or gasification of coal, natual gas etc., to then burn it. What additional waste. Stupid.

Hydrocarbons should only be used for where there is no alternative, like plastics, and then even that should come from bio sources, not underground coal, oil, nat. gas etc.