Comments on: A Short Tale & “The Long Tailpipe” http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/16/a-short-tale-%e2%80%9cthe-long-tailpipe%e2%80%9d/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 17:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: New Study: EV More Polluting than Petrol??! Not So Fast… - CleanTechnica http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/16/a-short-tale-%e2%80%9cthe-long-tailpipe%e2%80%9d/#comment-113634 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:39:27 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33892#comment-113634 […] to those places where coal is a very large percentage of the electrical energy mix. The US national electrical energy mix for coal is now around 43%. The other nations of the world that have an energy mix that relies so […]

]]> By: Zachary Shahan http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/16/a-short-tale-%e2%80%9cthe-long-tailpipe%e2%80%9d/#comment-111485 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:45:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33892#comment-111485 nice one :D

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/16/a-short-tale-%e2%80%9cthe-long-tailpipe%e2%80%9d/#comment-111408 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:36:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33892#comment-111408 “These basic energy calculations do not consider the vast amounts of electricity that are presently used by refineries to make the fuel that goes into petrol cars.”

I’d like to see a thorough study of this issue. Your link covers some of the energy that goes into refining gas, but there’s also a lot of energy that goes into extraction and distribution.

It well may be that the energy needed to bring a gallon of gas to ones fuel tank would actually drive an EV further than the gallon of gas will drive an ICEV.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/16/a-short-tale-%e2%80%9cthe-long-tailpipe%e2%80%9d/#comment-111381 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:41:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33892#comment-111381 Great read! I agree that the marketing ploy of conflating EV’s and power plant pollution is a good way to stop the discussion. I’ve noticed that it is used often and can sometimes distract people from dicussing the comparison of EV’s vs. internal combustion vehicles. My response to the long tailpipe is this; “how do you confuse a car with a power plant?”

]]> By: jburt56 http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/16/a-short-tale-%e2%80%9cthe-long-tailpipe%e2%80%9d/#comment-111377 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:18:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33892#comment-111377 The calculations may not include the embodied energy of replacement parts. Electric cars have a greater mean time between failure of components (MTBF).

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