miles per gallon vs. miles per dollar

No still imperial and 1 UK gallon is about 4.4 litres. Last time I went back to the UK, petrol stations were selling in litres, but still showed gallons. I guess they sell in ltrs to make it look cheaper :roll:

 

WHAT ABOUT A DIESEL PRIUS???
i was recently in spain, rented a Seat, when time came, filled it up (with gas)...much to my surprise, it was a diesel. i didn't know the difference re performance, smell, noise, you name it.
tho, in the morining when i started it i thought it sounded a bit like a diesel, but it never dawned on me that it WAS a diesel. great car...

 

the "dirty deisel" image us Americans have is due to older generations of deisel engines. The newer ones used in europe are much cleaner, although they have high NOx and particulate. Biodiesel is the way to go since it is a renewable energy resource. Combined with an electric motor in a plug-in hybrid, and we'd have a beautiful combination of clean and green. One problem facing deisel hybrids, is that implementation of small efficient diesel engines would cost more to design and manufacture.

 

Please don't tell the British that

 

In the long term, we have two choices:

1. Stop burning anything to propel our cars and power our industry; or

2. Render the Earth uninhabitable for our descendants.

However, since most of us are more concerned with our own pocketbook than with whether our great-grandchildren have an atmosphere they can breathe, we will continue to find creative excuses for why we cannot kick the fossil-fuel monkey off our back.

 

Why not? We don't really mind what units you lot use.

What is silly, though, is measuring fuel consumption in miles per gallon when miles per litre would be much more useful at the pump.

 

well with all things being equal, the smaller the unit of
measurement the more accurate the amount.