Comment Comment by parfe Assuming 2460 kwh/ton of coal, and 36kwh per 100 miles of driving this driver burned 1.7561 tons of coal.Assuming he drove a gas powered Honda civic instead he would have burned 375 gallons of gasoline (12000 / 32 combined MPG).One ton of coal releases 2.86 tons of C02. One gallon of gasoline releases 19.64 pounds of C02.Driving the electric vechile released 5.022 tons of C02.Driving the gas civic would have released 3.68 tons of C02.All numbers shamelessly cribbed from whatever google result seemed nice. parent parfe 14 years ago
Assuming he drove a gas powered Honda civic instead he would have burned 375 gallons of gasoline (12000 / 32 combined MPG).
One ton of coal releases 2.86 tons of C02. One gallon of gasoline releases 19.64 pounds of C02.
Driving the electric vechile released 5.022 tons of C02.
Driving the gas civic would have released 3.68 tons of C02.
All numbers shamelessly cribbed from whatever google result seemed nice.