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minus-squareMelonTheMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoI didn’t consider that refining fuel takes energy too. Does the drilling and transport get factored in to that as well? Thanks for sharing the info!
minus-square18107@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoThe numbers I’ve used are only for the refining of the fuel. This video by Mark Linthicum (hosted on the Fully Charged channel) gives an amazing amount of information on the topic.
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I didn’t consider that refining fuel takes energy too. Does the drilling and transport get factored in to that as well?
Thanks for sharing the info!
The numbers I’ve used are only for the refining of the fuel. This video by Mark Linthicum (hosted on the Fully Charged channel) gives an amazing amount of information on the topic.