RichInSpirit
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One thing that springs to mind is the amount of tax on the petrol/diesel you put in your car. Home heating oil (and red diesel) is taxed at a much lower rate. IIRC, home heating oil is around 57c per litre whereas diesel at the pump is more like 1.35€ per litre. I presume the difference is mainly made up with tax.
This isn't true. Electricity consumption has been in decline in Ireland for a number of years, mainly due to improved energy efficiency, see the figures from eirgrid (only cover up to 2014 unfortunately!)we already struggle to cope with the 10% annual increase in demand for electricity for other uses
When you burn a fuel and use it to generate electricity, a lot of the energy is lost as waste heat. Power plants will typically convert 40-50% of the available energy (well, for gas, it's usually lower for other fuels).
This isn't true [that electricity demand increases 10% per year]. Electricity consumption has been in decline in Ireland for a number of years, mainly due to improved energy efficiency, see the figures from eirgrid (only cover up to 2014 unfortunately!)
Fair enough, but oil is rarely used for electricity generation now.The well to wheels efficiency is about the same as for the ICE.
Yeah, certainly won't happen overnight. But then I feel that the conversion will be a gradual process. Currently, electric cars are still too expensive for widespread adoption and have other issues. These will be addressed over time I'm sure, but cars are a large purchase, so it will take time for the fleet to be converted.. maybe not 60 years though! It'll be interesting to see how it plays out.However, as I said, we'd have to double our electricity output just to electrify the light vehicle fleet.
The "fuel" for electric cars is free at the moment so.....
Are you doing many miles per day? Any moments of "crap, mightn't have enough juice to get where I want to" ?I switched to an i3 last January
50 euro per week before electric car,Car is putting up more miles now OH and family using it to cut cost whenever possible,Are you doing many miles per day? Any moments of "crap, mightn't have enough juice to get where I want to" ?
Are you doing many miles per day? Any moments of "crap, mightn't have enough juice to get where I want to" ?
I think a couple of the responses here are incorrect. It's not just about tax.
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