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|Energy capacity of the average electric vehicle battery | |Energy capacity of the average electric vehicle battery | ||
|<cite>Useable battery capacity of full electric vehicles</cite>https://ev-database.org/cheatsheet/useable-battery-capacity-electric-car | |<cite>Useable battery capacity of full electric vehicles</cite><br />https://ev-database.org/cheatsheet/useable-battery-capacity-electric-car | ||
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|<cite>How Many Cars Are There In The World in 2022?</cite> | |<cite>How Many Cars Are There In The World in 2022?</cite><br />https://hedgescompany.com/blog/2021/06/how-many-cars-are-there-in-the-world/ | ||
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^ This could be reduced by alternative heating/cooling systems for homes/buildings. | ^ This could be reduced by alternative heating/cooling systems for homes/buildings. | ||
But how much is that really? Most people aren't familiar with terajoules. Let's express it instead in terms of "gallons of gasoline equivalent energy" per person. | |||
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|7.95 billion | |||
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|(grid_energy_storage_needed + vehicle_energy_storage_needed) / world.population | |||
|gallons gasoline per capita | |||
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This much energy has to be stored in some other way (not gasoline). | |||
==Types== | ==Types== | ||