There are some exceptions, and small overlapping fuel uses — direct industrial use of liquid fuel (a fairly significant quantity), some liquids burned to make electricity (this used to be a significant amount, but is now only a very small amount), and now a very
small amount of electricity used to power electric vehicles («EVs»).
Not exact matches
While such a significant
amount of electricity usage might go unnoticed in large metropolitan areas, the sheer
amount of electricity being
used is leading to higher costs for customers in
small communities because
of a limited supply
of low - cost hydropower.
We
use very
small amounts of electricity in producing a litre
of wine compared with the average usage for most other wineries in Australia.
However, the photovoltaic cells now
used to turn sunlight into
electricity can only absorb and
use a
small fraction
of that light, and that means a significant
amount of solar energy goes untapped.
One
of the problems with previous methods was that the
amount of energy produced in, for example, a system
using salty and less salty water to generate
electricity, was too
small relative to the
amount of water
used.
There wasn't much
use for such a
small amount of electricity until recently, when LEDs and microelectronics made 5 watts useful.
Of that, 71 % goes to transportation via cars, trucks, buses, airplanes; 23 % goes to industrial purposes (manufacturing, plastics, chemicals, etc); the remaining 6 % goes to residential and commercial uses, plus a small amount of electricity generatio
Of that, 71 % goes to transportation via cars, trucks, buses, airplanes; 23 % goes to industrial purposes (manufacturing, plastics, chemicals, etc); the remaining 6 % goes to residential and commercial
uses, plus a
small amount of electricity generatio
of electricity generation.
My conclusion: for me personally,
using a
small amount of electricity on the e-bike to get myself riding more frequently has substantially reduced the CO2 emissions associated with my daily travels around town, by more than 200 kg.