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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/xkcd

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Edit: Alt Text: Speed limit c arcminutes^2 per steradian.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

My car needs 0.07 square millimeters of fuel on the highway.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

square? Damn it uses no volume of fuel at all!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Isn't that crazy efficient? I seem to remember about 0.3mm²?

Way back of you asked Google "38 mpg in mm^-2" it would tell you.

I love that it's the size of the thread of fuel you would consume as you drive down the road.

Edit: oh no, that's about right. It's a diameter of about 0.25 mm. I think that's what I was thinking of.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

Not sure. I asked my cat Jeepity.