Here's a link to the latest Slashdot article, which is a link to Green Car Reports article "Miles-per-gallon Is Just Stupid. No, Really, It Is."
SlashDot Link:
Slashdot Technology Story | 2 In 3 Misunderstand Gas Mileage; Here's Why
Green Car Reports Link:
Miles-Per-Gallon Is Just Stupid. No, Really, It Is. - Green Car Reports
Though the author could have used more tact when describing the masses, he does ask the standard "trick question" that most of us have come to embrace. If you have two vehicles and one goes from 10 to 20 MPG, and the other goes from 33 to 50 MPG, which saves more gas?
The math is proven, yet the amazing number of vicious and blatantly ignorant comments about the article is unnerving. Why are we so resistant about learning another way of viewing fuel economy? Perhaps it's the metric system (yes, that last evil bastion of the hell-spawn)?
I can't fathom how these commenters that can't form two intelligent, thought-out sentences, perform in the real world. It is disturbing and it causes me to lose faith in the human brain and its ability to adapt. Are we all that is left of a civilization that believes that the data speaks for itself, and we must have more of it to move on to the next challenge? When people don't have to think and gather information from their surroundings, and instead, defer to a smart-phone or Google on their computer for the answer, are they really learning something? Are they that easily convinced that the answer given by these electronic devices is truth? I end my rant with a question, If there is only one way of measuring efficiency, should it not be in a mathematical formula that is easily transferable between platforms and makes the most sense?
I yield to your comments.