Why “Gasoline” is being discussed
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U.S. Refineries Make Dramatic Shift Away from Gasoline
by iamnothere · Nov 7, 2026 · 2 points
Tesla's mission was never to built "something crazy and different". In fact it was kind of the opposite: when Model S came out, Tesla showed the world that EVs don't need to loo…
by ZuLuuuuuu · Nov 7, 2026
Mine, too. It's pretty great as a car. Gas goes in one hole, exhaust comes out of another, and the wheels go 'round and round. It's awesome. As an electrical generator, it's rea…
by ssl-3 · Nov 7, 2026
Yes, the crossover point is around $5-10k more than an ice vehicle, assuming the electric vehicle powers a house just as well as a gas generator does. The cybertruck costs rough…
by janalsncm · Nov 7, 2026
The heat and noise do scale with how much gasoline you burn. That's part of the whole ICE being less efficient than battery in terms of input chemical energy vs output mechanica…
by mahboi · Nov 6, 2026
>You can't stockpile gasoline for a long time without stabilizer. If you have a vehicle that runs on gasoline, you don't have to store gasoline for a long time to have a stockpi…
by alterom · Nov 6, 2026
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Gasoline or petrol is a petrochemical product, a transparent, yellowish and flammable liquid normally used as a fuel for spark-ignited internal combustion engines. It is chemically composed of organic compounds derived from the fractional distillation of petroleum and later chemically enhanced with gasoline additives. It is a high-volume profitable product produced in crude oil refineries. Read more on Wikipedia