Interesting Experiment: How much power can a gallon of gas generate vs a battery

[Alaska]

Hey, there. Been a while since I've been on the forums, so I decided to post this useless thread. I did a little experiment a few weekends ago, seeing how much mechanical energy a gallon of gas could generate versus a gallon of a high-density battery.

I think the gallon of gas generated 35 kWh and the battery generated like 1.5 kWh per gallon, and I'm just like,

(insertmenogustafacehere)

anyways, if you make the battery big enough by ripping the engine out of any average machine as well as the gas tank, the battery will typically produce more energy on full charge than its standard gas tank.

.-.

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[Katadeus]

I think the main issue is the weight of the battery

[Daedalus]

I think the main issue is the weight of the battery

this
and its expensive components

[Mr.jacksaunt]

And plus they don't even have electricity under the middle east or alaska

[Fredulus]

And plus they don't even have electricity under the middle east or alaska

>.<

[DrenDran]

A gallon of batter?
stuff, that's more than I could drink in a day.

[.Trinick]

How do you think they make energy to put in batteries? Most of it is made by burning oil.

[Kalphiter]

How do you think they make energy to put in batteries? Most of it is made by burning oil.

No, batteries are charged by the force of magic.

[Night Fox]

How do you think they make energy to put in batteries? Most of it is made by burning oil.

nope, they plug em in the wall

[Jaxx]

How do you think they make energy to put in batteries? Most of it is made by burning oil.

i don't know about you in your area, but a significant amount of my region's electricity is generated through natural gas or coal burning, mostly coal. with coal, the environmental impact is still the same, so it doesn't matter either way.

[Kalphiter]

i don't know about you in your area, but a significant amount of my region's electricity is generated through natural gas or coal burning, mostly coal. with coal, the environmental impact is still the same, so it doesn't matter either way.

Actually, it is not.

emissions from gasoline consumption > emissions from mass-coal electric generation

[fred da kiko]

hydroelectricity.

[Jaxx]

Actually, it is not.

emissions from gasoline consumption > emissions from mass-coal electric generation

i meant it more matter-of-factly in that it has an equal or greater impact, not that it's any better. i figure it's something along these lines.

[Night Fox]

hydroelectricity.

my area is powered by a hydroelectric dam
I think it's pretty cool

[Katadeus]

i meant it more matter-of-factly in that it has an equal or greater impact, not that it's any better. i figure it's something along these lines.

I'm afraid he was being more matter-of-fact