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Originally Posted by dad911
Gas=33.4 Kilowatt-hours per gallon, and weighs 6.3 lbs.
Prius battery pack = 1.3 kwatt-hours(only half used to preserve battery?), and weighs 100 lbs.
It would take over 2500 pounds (5000 lbs to preserve batteries) of batteries to equal a gallon of gas.
5500+ Gallons of gas(small tanker) = 6875 TONS of batteries.
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In 2014, about 136.78 billion gallons1 (or 3.26 billion barrels) of gasoline were consumed2 in the United States,
a daily average of about 374.74 million gallons (or 8.92 million barrels). This was about 4% less than the record high of about 142.35 billion gallons (or 3.39 billion barrels) consumed in 2007.Mar 12, 2015
So the future power stations where we will have to go to swap our batteries will be the size of the local airport to have room to store the batteries.