🚀 go-pugleaf

John Fields wrote:

> Eeyore wrote:
> >Phil Hobbs wrote:
> >> Eeyore wrote:
> >> > Martin Brown wrote:
> >> >> Joerg wrote:
> >> >>> terryc wrote:
> >> >>>> Joerg wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>>> Pure electric-only EVs aren't the answer. It'll be HEVs that most
> >> >>>>>> likely win
> >> >>>>>> the day.
> >> >>>>> Hydrogen? Where's that going to be coming from?
> >> >>>> Exactly. My 2c is on a proper hybrid where the ICE(petrol or diesel)
> >> >>>> simply runs a generator that tops up the battery bank.
> >> >>>> I would really like to see if that works out more efficent that all the
> >> >>>> inefficencies of current direct drive ICEs.
> >> >>> That's how the Toyota Prius works. Gets between 40mpg and 60mpg
> >> >>> according to what owners told me.
> >> >> Which isn't all that impressive by European or Japanese standards of
> >> >> fuel efficiency. A BMW 3 series deisel saloon will manage that. eg
> >> >>
> >> >> http://saveyourcash.co.uk/fuel/cardatadetail.aspx?mfr=BMW&model=3-Series-E90/E91/E92/E93&id=632
> >> >>
> >> >> Urban 39.8 Motorway 64.2 mpg to save you following the link.
> >> >
> >> > Multiply by 0.8 to get US mpg.
> >>
> >>
> >> US fluid ounces are a bit bigger than Imperial, so the ratio isn't
> >> 1.25:1 as you might expect, but almost exactly 1.20:1.
> >
> >So a US fl oz doesn't weigh an ounce ?
>
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_ounce

Lucky then that almost no-one these days uses them isn't it ?

Graham