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dcb · 05-14-2010, 08:20 AM

not sure you did that right. it isn't at all obvious when fuel is in the denominator so lets flip it.

in your scenario car A(10mpg) gets .1 gpm (gallons/mile)
and car B(20mpg) gets .05 gpm.

so @ 10k miles a year they would use 1000 and 500 gallons respectively.

so 2% of that would be ~20 gallons and 10 gallons respectively "saved per year".

05-14-2010, 08:20 AM	#8 (permalink)
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