[sliken]

True. But how much HVO100 can you personally produce?

Solar is easy to produce locally, even on your own roof. Also electric cars typically turn around 85% of the energy into forward motion. Because it's local there's minimal distribution costs. Additionally grid size installations are competing with coal, natural gas, and similar sources quite well on price.

Gas cars are around 15% efficient, and diesels are only slightly higher. Anything like gas has substantial costs in distribution, and of course you have to drive to/from gas stations (instead of just charging at home/work.

So even if HVO100 is 100% renewable, it's not going to be cost efficient, or energy efficient.... so why bother?

[staffanj]

Here in Sweden (with high taxes on diesel/petrol):

Diesel - 16,54 SEK/L. HVO100 - 17,36 SEK/L.

RIght now on one of the biggest petrol chan here in Sweden.

https://m.circlek.se/cs/Satellite/m/SE1/sv_SE/pg133234738132...

[sergiosgc]

Gas car efficiencies are in the 30% range. Toyota got as high as 38%, there are large volume ICEs on the road with 35% efficiency.

Even at those numbers, electric is better. There's no need to use old data.

[sliken]

Sure a Prius can get as high as 38% (at the cost of two complete drive trains). But what about the average vehicle sold in 2018?

I suspect you'd be well below the 30% efficiency again. At least in the USA the Prius isn't particularly popular (except to trade in for a model 3). The demand is for the small crossover and SUV segments.