Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-2019

DOI

10.1119/1.5135779

Publication Title

Physics Teacher

Volume

57

Issue

9

Pages

544-545

Abstract

How much more electrical energy will the United States need to generate if everyone drives electric cars? B I Answer: i b If we all switch from gasoline-fueled to electricity-fueled cars, then we will need to generate more electrical energy. Thus, if we replace all of our gasoline-fueled cars with electricity-fueled cars, we will need to generate about 30% more electrical energy. [Extracted from the article]

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This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This article appeared in Physics Teacher, Volume 57, Issue 9, Pages 544-545 and may be found at https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1119/1.5135779

Original Publication Citation

Weinstein, L. (2019). Solutions for Fermi questions, December 2019: Question 1: Electric cars; question 2: Chicken poop. Physics Teacher, 57(9), 544-545. doi:10.1119/1.5135779

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0000-0001-5416-2900 (Weinstein)

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