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Old 05-01-2009, 12:02 AM   #96 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by trebuchet03 View Post
Ignoring the high heat value of combustible fuels is like ignoring the charger efficiency of an electric vehicle.
Thanks for the details Treb. My lightbulb gloweth dimly. So back to the OP, what is "fair". I think I'm with uncho (and others) here in that it doesn't really matter as long as it is consistent and tracked seperately.

Motion to request adding additional kwh field to fuel logs and apply mpg conversions based on 114,000 btu per gallon of gasoline. Users using both electric and gas should be able to enter one or both and note the mileage (plug in hybrid, block heater, cabin heater, alternatorless recharging, etc).
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