Tommy Cookers wrote: ↑15 Jun 2024, 13:00
mzso wrote: ↑15 Jun 2024, 12:35
.... hybridization is unquestionably better for fuel economy and such "the environment".
Also full electrification would be even better. Even if you just end up burning the same fossil fuels with large very efficient power-plants......
how are those things true ?
(given that we have now an ICE of 50% even 52% efficiency)
''large very efficient power-plants' are only so if combined cycle (ICE & steam) - which most aren't for good reasons
and carry substantial losses eg 8-10% in grid & network transmission plus 10-12% battery charge/discharge cycle
the attraction of the hybrid and EV is their batteries bolstering against intermittency of the public electricity supply
Well, not that I don't think the transmission and (dis)charge losses can be improved:
- Refining fossil fuel wastes a crapload of energy, which is conveniently forgotten when comparing efficiencies.
- You can use the "waste" heat, for heating purposes. With an ICE you can only use a small fraction for heating the car in the winter.
- You say ICE, if you don't mean it to be hybrid then it can't regenerate any energy when braking, unlike EVs.
- No pollution of the air that you breathe. Powerplants can be at some distance with the pollutants filtered.
But all in all, it's true, electric is even a lot better if you generate power by a less wretched way. Such as nuclear, hydro, or solar.
