silence7@slrpnk.net to solarpunk memes@slrpnk.netEnglish · edit-24 days ago80% of your gas money goes out the tailpipeslrpnk.netexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1264arrow-down112file-text
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minus-squareShrimpCurler@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·4 days agoI think the 80% number is outdated (although most of the energy is still wasted) F1 engines achieve a peak thermal efficiency above 50 percent, significantly higher than a modern passenger car’s 35 percent thermal efficiency - https://www.motor1.com/news/655596/video-how-f1-engines-make-1000hp/ So more like 65% goes out the tailpipe…
minus-squareBakerBagel@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·4 days agoIf your rolling coal, you are literally pumping unused diesel fuel out the car. You’re efficiency is absolute dog shit.
I think the 80% number is outdated (although most of the energy is still wasted)
So more like 65% goes out the tailpipe…
If your rolling coal, you are literally pumping unused diesel fuel out the car. You’re efficiency is absolute dog shit.