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A car driving 100 kph (62 mph) on a highway, uses 2 or 3 ml (0.07 to 0.1 US liquid oz) of gasoline per second. That sounds also like about the size of a fire th
by sampo 7y ago
A car driving 100 kph (62 mph) on a highway, uses 2 or 3 ml (0.07 to 0.1 US liquid oz) of gasoline per second. That sounds also like about the size of a fire that you can use to heat up food.
- projektfu 7y agoInteresting. A US gallon per hour is roughly a milliliter per second.
- userbinator 7y ago100km/h ~ 30m/s 3cm^3/s / 30m/s = 3cm^3/s / 3000cm/s = 0.001 cm^2 = 0.1mm^2 Fuel efficiency can be measured as an area, and 0.1mm^2 corresponds to approximately 30mpg. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9504215 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9504215