Mark Mills has been sniffing too many fossil-fuel fumes (“Notable & Quotable: Energy,” Sept. 13). He’s right about the energy content of oil versus batteries, but it’s a pointless comparison. Who puts a barrel (42 gallons) of crude oil in their car? The average car is driven less than 50 miles a day, which would require only two to three gallons of gasoline.
Mr. Mills says there are no scale benefits left, ignoring the major components of electric cars, namely motors and batteries. He mentions concrete and corn as...
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