Comment on 1.8 Million Barrels of Oil a Day Avoided from Electric Vehicles

• sorghum@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My Bolt EUV uses automatic transmission fluid in the transfer case to reduce the RPMs of the motor to the wheels. Traditionally ATF is refined from crude, but you can use a synthetic replacement. As far as I know it doesn’t have any grease fittings either, so it’s all sealed in on bearings and the like. Don’t get me wrong though, it’s a massive reduction in petroleum usage though.

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  • dgmib@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s helpful to remember too that the problem isn’t using petroleum, the problem is burning it.

    As long as it’s properly disposed of using petroleum based lubricants doesn’t cause climate change.

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    • astropenguin5@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Exactly, and petroleum really is a wonder material, it has so many amazing uses besides burning it but instead we decide to do the absolute worst thing with almost all of it

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• Pretzilla@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  31.5 gallons in a barrel so your math shows 15Mbbl saved

  Article says 1.8Mbbl

  I’m missing the discrepancy

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  • nxdefiant@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The article says 1.8 per day

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  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Weird. I wonder why it’s a non-standard barrel. 50 gallon drums are the ones that I’ve seen the most.

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    • astropenguin5@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      While 55 gal drums are the standard physical barrel, barrels as used for oil are their own unit, and oil is rarely in actual physical barrels anymore anyways. It’s weird, but it’s how the oil industry measures it.

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• Gregorech@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Who only uses 20 gallons a month?

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  • RaoulDook@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Me probably, I don’t usually have to fill up my 15-gallon tank more than once a month. I don’t have to drive a lot and my car gets 30mpg when I do.

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  • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I am about that. Only use my car for work and picking up kids from aftercare. I would cycle to work but there is a highway that breaks my route.

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