KM vs Miles

[simongt]

And of course in this country, we've been buying fuel in litres for years, but STILL measure fuel consumption in m.p.GALLON - !

 

[Mike_P]

And of course in this country, we've been buying fuel in litres for years, but STILL measure fuel consumption in m.p.GALLON - !

No doubt because 45 mpg sounds better than 10 mpl

 

[Sharky]

And of course in this country, we've been buying fuel in litres for years, but STILL measure fuel consumption in m.p.GALLON - !

Or with some cars, gallons to the mile!

 

[Animo]

91cm of ale just sounds rubbish

 

[Webbo2]

Or with some cars, gallons to the mile!

I had one of those, a Volvo V70 estate. I once drove up a four wheel drive track in it and you could see the petrol gauge needle going down as I drove.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Gallons/mile is actually an area. As explained by Randall Munroe (xkcd) here: https://what-if.xkcd.com/11/

So you could express fuel efficiency in acres. Here's a link to a handy conversion
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=gallons+per+mile+vs+acres

So 50 miles per gal = 0.02 gal per mile ~= 1.4 x 10^-11 acres

So 50 mpg = 140 nano-acres I think

 

[katiewlx]

3 Stones is about 19kg.

I choose not to know that, and feel great to lose so much "more" weight these days

 

[katiewlx]

Just looked the highway code for stopping distances.

Speed is in mph
Stopping distances in metres
Or in "car lengths"

that only came in in the early 90s, as I remember I was learning to drive, and had all the stopping distances/thinking distances memorised in feet, and then my driving instructor mentioned in passing in my last lesson before my test, oh theres a new highway code, the distances are in metres now and you might get asked for both !!!

cue panic, off to a bookshop to find the newest highway code to buy and tried to memorise them in metres, fortunately they only asked for them in feet.

 

[Alex321]

Gallons/mile is actually an area. As explained by Randall Munroe (xkcd) here: https://what-if.xkcd.com/11/

So you could express fuel efficiency in acres. Here's a link to a handy conversion
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=gallons+per+mile+vs+acres

So 50 miles per gal = 0.02 gal per mile ~= 1.4 x 10^-11 acres

That's 140 nano-acres I think

And of course now with EVs, they meaure charging in mph.

 

[katiewlx]

I always remember people multiplying the price per litre by 4 to get the approximate price per gallon... I wonder if people still do?

I only stopped when it passed he £1 per litre mark, as it became increasingly depressing remembering when it was £1 per gallon.

 

[brommieinkorea]

In my ex hometown (Piqua,OH USA) a gas station opened that sold gas by the litre , this was in the late eighties. They didn't last long. I think it was rather inexpensive though, even when you did the math to convert to $/gallon.

 

[Dogtrousers]

And of course now with EVs, they meaure charging in mph.

That makes a weird kind of sense. But it's specific to the vehicle type (and journey type) being charged. It would be like selling fuel in miles at the pump.

Then of course there are incandescent watt equivalent values for LED bulbs, that aren't real watts.

 

[Sharky]

Made me smile, watching the finish of the Vuelta tonight.

The commentator declared that the stage winner had won by a "country mile"!