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gallons/mile or liters/km are volume/length. Volume units are length^3. Thus we end up with length^2.
by tzs 3y ago
gallons/mile or liters/km are volume/length. Volume units are length^3. Thus we end up with length^2.
- pavel_lishin 3y agoI stand happily corrected!
- hnuser123456 3y agoFor more human-friendly numbers, 20 miles per gallon = 0.14 mm^2. 30 mpg = 0.09 mm^2.
- hnuser123456 3y agoAnd I guess the realistic interpretation of this is the cross section of a tube of gasoline that was laid down the road that could keep your engine fed without a tank.
- Y_Y 3y agoEven better you can replace your fuel injector with a scoop at the front of the car and drive forward along the fuel tube for a sort of JIT fuelling option.