If society can’t use Diesel Fuel, what do want to use?
Pick your poison, Nuclear Power Plants or Windmills to Provide an All-electric Commercial Transportation System.
15 nuclear power plants rated at 1 GW each, or 5653 windmills. (Assuming the wind blows strong enough to produce rated power).
Not sure we can really afford either.
Pick your poison, Nuclear Power Plants or Windmills to Provide an All-electric Commercial Transportation System.
15 nuclear power plants rated at 1 GW each, or 5653 windmills. (Assuming the wind blows strong enough to produce rated power).
Not sure we can really afford either.
(1) | 44610000000 | Gallons Diesel Sold Annually https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/diesel-fuel/use-of-diesel.php |
(2) | 137,381 | BTUs per gallon https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/units-and-calculators/british-thermal-units.php |
(3) = (1) * (2) | 6.12857E+15 | BTUs annually consumed as diesel fuel |
(4) | 40% | Thermal Efficiency of Diesel Engines |
(5) = (3) * (4) | 2.45143E+15 | BTUs needed as Electricity for Transportation (net) |
(6) | 15% | Charging Efficiency (loss) 1-85% https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a36062942/evs-explained-charging-losses/ |
(7) = (5) * (6) | 3.67714E+14 | BTUs needed to offset charging efficiency loss |
(8) = (5) + (7) | 2.81914E+15 | BTUs needed to Charge vehicles (gross) |
(9) | 7% | Electrical Transmission Line Loss http://insideenergy.org/2015/11/06/...sappears-between-a-power-plant-and-your-plug/ |
(10) = (8) * (9) | 1.9734E+14 | BTUs lost getting power to the charging station |
(11) = (7) + (10) | 3.01648E+15 | Net BTUs delivered as electrical power to charge vehicles |
(12) | 0.000293 | kWh per BTU https://www.inchcalculator.com/convert/british-thermal-unit-to-kilowatt-hour/ |
(13) = (11) * (12) | 8.83829E+11 | Net kWh needed from Power Generation Sources |
(14) | 61320 | Hours per year |
(15) = (13) / (14) | 14413384.76 | Net Average Power per HR, kW |
(16) | 1000 | 1000 kW per MW |
(17) = (15) / (16) | 14413.38476 | Net Average Power per HR, MW |
(18) | 1000 | Generating capacity of a nuclear reactor, MW https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=104&t=3 |
(19) = (17) / (18) | 14.41338476 | Number of Nuclear Reactors needed to provide average hourly demand |
(20) | 2.55 | Generating Capacity of 1 wind farm windmill, MW https://windexchange.energy.gov/markets/utility-scale |
(21) = (17) / (20) | 5652.307748 | Number of windmills |
(22) | $3,000,000 | Cost per Windmill, USD https://www.windustry.org/how_much_do_wind_turbines_cost https://www.windustry.org/community_wind_toolbox_8_costs |
(23) = (17) * (22) | $16,959,000,000 | Installation investment USD, rounded up |