[Oeva-list] kWh to gallons of gasoline

[Graunke, Gary]

I got my data from the DOE document justifying the tax credits for EV and hybrids. While a KWH is a very well defined quantity, a US gallon of gasoline is not. It contains whatever waste products the refinery wants us to burn...

Looks like I'm getting the equivalent of 36.6 * 6 = 219 miles per gallon in that case...
All these folks are stuck in the mindset of burning something to create electricity. Obviously the electricity created from solar and wind is much more valuable than the same energy (unless you happen to want all the heat, too, and are doing co-generation).

The regs also considered that you would only get 12 KWH if you burned the gas to create electricity. So that would only be 72 mpg-about the same as the Honda EPA sticker at 70 mpg.

Gary

36986 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 113 / Monday, June 12, 2000 / Rules and Regulations

Monday,
June 12, 2000
Part V
Department of
Energy
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
10 CFR Part 474
Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research,
Development, and Demonstration
Program; Petroleum-Equivalent Fuel
Economy Calculation; Final Rule

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http://www.e-grp.com/Resources/Conversion_Table/Conversion_Table.html

1 million BTU = 8 gallons of gasoline

10,000 BTU = 2.93 kWh

Divide BTU by BTU, multiply by 2.93 and divide by 8

36.6 kWh = 1 gallon of gasoline
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