"See the all new DonCar Sports Utility Vehicle Coming soon to auto row in your home town!" http://www.oilcrisis.com/transport/ [MH: The chart at page bottom lists]
Car 25 to 50 gross ton miles per gallon Airliner 60 to 65 gross ton miles per gallon Bus 110 to 120 gross ton miles per gallon Truck/18 wheeler 120 to 200 gross ton miles per gallon Train 750 gross ton miles per gallon "The larger the number, the greater the energy efficiency. For comparison, a two ton car would have to get 375 miles per gallon to equal the energy efficiency of a train." "thanks to James A. Hellams for this chart" VW One-Liter (239 mpg) [MH: I'm assuming this is US gallons not Imperial, anyone know ?] Vehicle weight of 290 kilograms (639 lbs) http://www.vwvortex.com/news/index_1L.html Two tons I *think* equals 4,000 pounds (lbs) in this case. so I thought I'd compare vehicles - 639 lbs / 4000 lbs = 0.15975 x 375 mpg = 59.9 mpg making the VW One-Litre pretty darn efficient by a factor of 6.26 more economical then... maybe if we add 400 lbs of cargo to the VW 1L 1039 lbs / 4000 lbs = 0.25975 x 375 mpg = 97.4 mpg making the VW One-Liter 3.85 times more economical then... of course I don't know what the fuel economy would be with the VW 1L carrying 400 lbs. or its rated capacity but I would think its safe to say it would exceed the fuel economy of a train. As for the other infrastructure costs e.g. roads, parking, fuel, parts, repairs, maintenance, insurance, life cycle replacement, etc. I wonder how the VW Lupo diesel would rate. Better then a two ton 4 wheeler ? ` ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Free $5 Love Reading Risk Free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/3PCXaC/PfREAA/Ey.GAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
