🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 23 May 2008 17:04:37 +0100, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:

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>John Fields wrote:
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>> 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:
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>> >> >> >> >>>>>> 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
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>> >> >> >> >> http://saveyourcash.co.uk/fuel/cardatadetail.aspx?mfr=BMW&model=3-Series-E90/E91/E92/E93&id=632
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>> >> >> >> >> Urban 39.8 Motorway 64.2 mpg to save you following the link.
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>> >> >> >> > Multiply by 0.8 to get US mpg.
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>> >> >> >> 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.
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>> >> >> >So a US fl oz doesn't weigh an ounce ?
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>> >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_ounce
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>> >> >Lucky then that almost no-one these days uses them isn't it ?
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>> >> You never miss an opportunity to be a nasty little bitch, do you?
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>> >Are you suggesting that fl oz make any kind of sense ?
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>> Most of the world seems to think so:
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>> news:3fld34969bstq3nsjriarf75342rdrj9sf@4ax.com
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>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.

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Then those are US fluid ounces, which is what we're used to, so
there's certainly no confusion there.
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>> Especially when there THREE different definitions.
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>> So what?
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>Because it doesn't have a standardised value.
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>A fl oz could be
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>28.41 ml
>29.57 ml or
>30 ml
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>Bloody stupid if you ask me.

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But if what we get are US fluid ounces, then there's no conflict and
the only thing that remains bloody stupid is you.

JF