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John Fields wrote:

> Eeyore wrote:
> >John Fields wrote:
> >> Eeyore wrote:
> >> >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 ?
> >> >>
> >> >> ---
> >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_ounce
> >> >
> >> >Lucky then that almost no-one these days uses them isn't it ?
> >>
> >> ---
> >> You never miss an opportunity to be a nasty little bitch, do you?
> >
> >Are you suggesting that fl oz make any kind of sense ?
>
> ---
> Most of the world seems to think so:
>
> news:3fld34969bstq3nsjriarf75342rdrj9sf@4ax.com

They only put fl oz on those for the export market. You won't see it in the non-US market. You see ml ONLY in
most of the world.


> Especially when there THREE different definitions.
>
> ---
> So what?

Because it doesn't have a standardised value.

A fl oz could be

28.41 ml
29.57 ml or
30 ml

Bloody stupid if you ask me.


Graham