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View my fuel log 2020 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 42.4 mpg (US) ... 18.0 km/L ... 5.5 L/100 km ... 51.0 mpg (Imp)
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View my fuel log 2020 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 42.4 mpg (US) ... 18.0 km/L ... 5.5 L/100 km ... 51.0 mpg (Imp)
It was going great. Days after I got back from the camping trip I took it on the transmission started taking a poop. Basically undrivable right now, last time I tried it out it got stuck in 3rd gear lol
I don't know if it's an easy/cheap or expensive pita problem so I'm gonna limp it over to a transmission shop and let them take a look. I figure some of the money I just saved by not buying a 40k tesla or 20k clapped out Bolt can go towards getting the damn van going again.
I'm missing out on a lot of perfectly good beer drinking by a fire weather right now!
Last edited by Fummins; Yesterday at 08:09 PM.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage SE wussie cvt edition. 1.2 automatic: 37.7 mpg (US) ... 16.0 km/L ... 6.2 L/100 km ... 45.3 mpg (Imp)
I don't deny that emissions are associated with the manufacture of EVs. There is also greenhouse gas pollution associated with charging them.
However:
1. The emissions from power generating plants can be better managed/controlled at a single point of emission as opposed to the millions of points of emissions from vehicle tailpipes. This is especially important given the fact that some percentage of vehicle owner/operators defeat the emissions controls in one way or another. It's simply easier to manage emissions from a smaller number of polluters rather than millions.
2. Again, EVs are roughly 80% efficient with the energy they consume. Meaning, 80% of the energy used by an EV goes to propulsion, the whole reason why we have cars. A car powered by an internal combustion engine will waste 80% of their energy consumed. Much of those losses are in heat & friction.
From Yale:
To this point, electric generation facilities use a combined cycle to further improve efficiency.Originally Posted by Yale Climate Connections August 7, 2022
GE Vernova - Combined cycle power plant: how it works
I know Mirage forum members like to get into the nuts & bolts of how stuff works. But all this is to point out that while EVs are not the perfect solution, they are a step in the right direction.Originally Posted by GE Vernova
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View my fuel log 2015 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 49.6 mpg (US) ... 21.1 km/L ... 4.7 L/100 km ... 59.5 mpg (Imp)
Maybe I'll get a sensible Honda Accord.
As for ev's, I dunno. I looked up the numbers the other day, too lazy to do it now, from what I recall, 60% of electricity in the US is generated using fossil fuels(natural gas, coal etc...). I'm ignorant as far as how exactly gas and natural gas come from the ground and get refined/produced. But I wonder which is more efficient at the end of the day, pumping oil from the ground, refining it, gas station etc...then burning it in a 40mpg car or the process of acquiring natural gas, or other natural resources then burning them to generate power for an electric car. I get that more energy is wasted in a gas car but how much energy is wasted creating that electricity compared to gasoline?
We ran out of power here last summer when everyone ran air conditioners and this past winter when we had a cold snap. We're hooped. Solar doesn't work very efficiently when the days are short in the winter up here, wind doesn't work when it's not windy. Hydro would be handy, they have a few damns around here but the three combined aren't gonna cut it and we have a tiny population compared to other parts of the continent. Nuclear might be great but it's scary.
Edit: I re-read your post eggman, good points.
Last edited by Fummins; Yesterday at 09:38 PM.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage SE wussie cvt edition. 1.2 automatic: 37.7 mpg (US) ... 16.0 km/L ... 6.2 L/100 km ... 45.3 mpg (Imp)