M.P.,
This show that, what is a "pipe dream" for the Americans, is a reality for the British. LOL
Hakan At 09:36 AM 9/30/2004, you wrote:
I correct myself. The Us gallon is different from the British one.At 3.79 litres to a gallon 78.45 mpg is correct. Which is 94.51 miles/british gallons. M.P. Singh ----- Original Message ----- From: "M.P.Singh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Solar Hydrogen > Everyone seems to be poor in maths, let me give it a try > If what you say is correct i.e. > 100 km = 62 miles > 3.78 liters is .79 gallons > Then 1 mile = 1.61 km > and 1gallon = 4.78 litres > therefore, 100km/3litres will be 33.33 km/litre > which is 20.70 miles/ litre > which further means 98.95 miles/gallon > So if the conversion provided by you is correct, then 100 km/3L and 100 mpg > are nearly comparable > Best wishes > M.P. Singh > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 6:15 PM > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Solar Hydrogen > > > > One of us didn't do our math correctly. > > > > 100 km = 62 miles > > 3.78 liters is .79 gallons > > > > .79 * 1.27 = 1.0033 gallons > > 62 * 1.27 = 78.12 miles. > > > > Yep, it was me. Somehow I came up with 65 mpg, not 78. Oops. Sorry. Still > not available in the US As far as I can tell. > > > > = = = Original message = = = > > > > > Steve, > > > > > > The VW Lupo 3L is a 4 passenger diesel car for around $11k, that is > doing > > > 100 km on 3 litre, so the admirable target can already be bought. It is > a > > > nice car and fast enough to get hefty speeding tickets in the US. I > tried > > > and like it, will buy one when I sell my Nissan estate diesel. > > > > > > Hakan > > > > > > I sure wouldn't mind getting "100 km on 3 litre". > > Here in the states that's 235.2 divide by 3 equals > > 78.4 miles per US gallon. > > Was your fuel economy around town? > > > > It sure would nice to have a VW Lupo diesel or its little > > brother the one litre diesel tandem seater (235.2 miles/US gallon). > > > > > > <SNIP> > > > > > > pg. 46 A typical recent-year production car gets about > > > > > > 28 EPA adjusted mpg, or 8.4 liters of fuel per 100 km, > > > > > > on level city streets. (To convert between > > > > > > miles per U.S. gallon [mpg] and L/100 km, > > > > > > divide 235.2 by the other.) > > Winning the Oil Endgame - http://www.oilendgame.com
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