Electricity used to refine petrol (gasoline) (video)

Elon Musk (Tesla Motors — Model S) said something similar a few years ago: "You have enough electricity to power all the cars in the country if you stop refining gasoline,” says Musk. “You take an average of 5 kilowatt hours to refine [one gallon of] gasoline, something like the Model S can go 20 miles on 5 kilowatt hours." — Business Insider, October 2011 — http://www.businessinsider.com.au/elon-musk-and-chris-paine-explain-how-the-electric-car-got-its-revenge-2011-10

This guy too:

"The USA ranks number 1 in the world: over 49,000,000,000 kWh. One electric vehicle, roughly speaking, will use about 3,000 KWh to travel about 12,000 miles."

"That means that the electricity alone that we use to refine petroleum each year could drive over 16,000,000 electric cars 12,000 miles each year. And that doesn't include the electricity used in oil extraction, pumping & transportation." — the43k on Youtube



It is sometimes claimed that because coal is burned to produce electricity, an electric vehicle is responsible for as much CO2 as an internal cumbustion engine vehicle. This is inaccurate, & electricity consumed to refine petrol is just one reason. More at:

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