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80% of your gas money goes out the tailpipe (slrpnk.net)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Key context: thermodynamics dictates that heat engines waste a lot of energy.

Credit: Karin Kirk

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Series plug-in hybrids that can run on battery (Chevy Volt, Honda Clarity, Prius 2024) are IMO better than both. They effectively operate like electric vehicles (regenerative braking and all), and one can drive them for months without burning gas. Their batteries are about five times smaller (~30-50mi range vs full EV's ~250mi range), and thus lighter, and the gasoline engine is usually a small, efficient one (~40ish mpg on gas)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

it's a classic case of one implementation of a concept being really good, but for some utterly baffling reason everyone tries the shitty implementation of the concept instead and so everyone discounts the whole thing as a bad idea.

drinking water is a good idea, but for some reason everyone only tries drinking dirty puddle water and conclude that water gives you parasites.