jeffw@lemmy.world to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 7 months agoThe misleading, wasteful way we measure gas mileage, explainedwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down14
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minus-squaredutchkimblelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·7 months agoI get confused by any other system than KMs per litre
minus-squareRozaŭtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·7 months agoMy car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that’s the way I likes it.
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-27 months agoI wish that were used. But instead we get this inverse, L/100 km. Edit: after reading the article, apparently this is actually better. Even though km/L might seem easier to work with, it is misleading in terms of how you compare two vehicles.
I get confused by any other system than KMs per litre
My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that’s the way I likes it.
I wish that were used. But instead we get this inverse, L/100 km.
Edit: after reading the article, apparently this is actually better. Even though km/L might seem easier to work with, it is misleading in terms of how you compare two vehicles.