Which one is better petrol operated vehicle or battery operated for enviroment?

Question

i mean milleage and usage

Answer 1

For domestic purposes battery vehicles are the economical ones, but when it comes to power usage petrol vehicles are the best

Answer 2

Electric cars produce far less pollution than petrol cars, and are thus better for the environment.  See the link below.

Answer 3

well batteries look good but I wish there was a cleaner way to manufacture batteries. And just like oil we could run out of battery ingredients.

Answer 4

Today it is petrol. Batteries may not produce any CO2 but the energy sources to make the electricity to charge them does. Then there is the disposal of the old batteries. The newer high capacity batteries use heavy metals that are toxic. Even the old lead acid batteries are an enviromental problem. So while cleaner at the onset of use, electric cars are much harder on the enviroment in the end.

As far as use! It's a lot faster to fill a gas tank than recharge a battery.  Gasoline is still chaeper than electricity. And a tank of petrol that will carry you 350 miles plus, and weighs a lot less than batteries to do the same. Add in night driving and the battery range goes down even more, and in the winter, an electric heater in that battery powerd car, along with the reduced power from the batteries from the cold, and the electric car's range goes down to nearly nothing.  Untill there is a really big break through on battery technology, and plenty of cheap nuclear generated electricity, petrol will be the primary fuel for transportation.  Even hydrogen power needs the cheap plentiful electricity to make it from water, so petrol will be around for a number of years to come.  

Using natural gas, or propane for fuel may be around the corner and would be much easier and faster to convert to, but right now we use too much of these gasses for electricity genoration, so we still would need the nuclear powered genorators. To free up these gasses for use in transportation. And note, these gasses are still hydro carbon products/fossel fuels.

Answer 5

now the age of battery operate vehicles is arriving... it has less pollution...

however something solid has to be done for reducing bad effects out of recharging the batteries... their disposal... and recycling lead...

Answer 6

new aged battery vehicles are better as compared 2 petrol vehicles.

petrol vehicles have better millage but battery vehicles are economically feasible

Answer 7

There are a number of high performance and even higher mileage electric cars that are set to ne released in a few short years (none of them coming from major auto-companies so the prices may be high for the average working class American) with reduce charge times (as little as an hour which means you could recharge while you are shopping, or eating at a restaurant, watching a movie, visiting friends and family, at the park, sport games, etc.) also the with the implication or solar panels an lighter bodies the electric cars range will surpass some of the most fuel efficient automobiles on the road today. As for the whole longer tailpipe thing (i.e. the vast majority of electricity is produced from polluting nonrenewable resources) we are currently making great strides to switch to clean renewable resources for all of or power needs, also it has been proven that electric cars drawing their electric power from our polluting power-grid are still better for the environment due to their sheer efficiency. The looks of the electric cars are finally starting to look like normal cars and they perform with some of the best supercars in the world. Oh, and considering that the average American only drives between 25 and 50 miles per day the range of 250 miles per charge is more than enough (especially considering that you can recharge almost anywhere). Therefore electric cars are some of the best performance and most efficient cars that should be on the road and will be on the road for many decades to come.

Answer 8

Okay..from an environmental standpoint the electric vehicle is going to be the best choice , however there are some drawbacks to electric cars. For one they have a very limited distance of travel between recharges, some as low as only around 75 to 80 miles. They also need alot of time to recharge, the replacement batteries are expensive and are considered hazardous waste when they need to be disposed of. Not to mention that electricity is usually produced at coal burning electric plants, so that puts a bit of a dent into the environment. As for gas burning vehicles the pros are extended range, and if you buy an economy model low emissions, the downside is that they do still pollute. the best bet in my opinion is a hybrid vehicle which is a blend of the best of both worlds. The downside to a hybrid is that they are expensive to purchase. I hope that answered your question.

Answer 9

Petrol as Mother nature recycles the CO2 into O2 for us. If the plants don't have CO2 we will all be in trouble soon...

Answer 10

How and where is the power that is used to charge the battery car generated?

If it is gas or coal fueled plant then the car run on petrol is better. The greater distance you away from the plant more energy it takes to push the electrons to your car.

Why it takes a lot more units of power to charge a electric car and run it than just to car a car on petrol

Answer 11

You forgot to mention natural gas (methane) powered vehicles. They are quite clean compared to petrol cars, and are gaining in popularity every day all over the world. I have 2 of them and they are cheap to fill up as well as clean for the environment. Plus, they actually exist now and aren't horribly expensive to purchase...