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ssl-3yesterday at 10:25 PM1 replyview on HN

On the energy tab: It says that driving a petrol car 10 miles uses 10,000 Watt-hours, eg 10 kWh.

On the costs tab, for the United States: It says that this has a cost of $0.97.

97 cents ÷ 10kWh = 9.7 cents per kWh

(I didn't look further than that. Perhaps I should have.)

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edit: I now see a note at the very bottom stating that it is using an assumed "$0.17 for electricity".

$0.17 per kWh is plenty close enough for rough figurin', so I'd like to take this opportunity to retract my previous complaint.


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philipkglassyesterday at 10:31 PM

Yes, for the petrol car it's showing primary energy from petrol (gasoline).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline_gallon_equivalent#Gas...

Assuming 33.41 kWh/gallon it takes about 0.3 gallons to get 10 kWh, which costs $0.97 at a pump price of $3.23 per gallon.