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Old 12-22-2010, 09:03 AM   #58 (permalink)
JasonG
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Originally Posted by Allch Chcar View Post
While we are on the topic of slippery slopes, holy crudman of strawmen. Do you even understand what BTUs are or how they relate to MPG?

The correction factor is to compare KW-H using MPG as a guide. If you divide the Lower heating value (in KW-H) of Gasoline by the MPGe you can get the KW-H per mile. It's only to properly gauge everything else against Gasoline, notably Electric Vehicles. Methanol would get a 2.05 correction factor on this scale! We're comparing energy efficiency here not range per gallon. Don't get the two confused here.

And to answer your second question the answer is yes, but what you are referring to is just the waste heat generated not the energy consumption. But it involves converting calories into KW-H.
Thans Allch Char. My math was off. I meant 2.05 it seems.

I agree with you that E rules. Properly made it beats dino fuel by a landslide. The bad part is in this comparison it cuts your MPG by half. But we're still comparing gallons.
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