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minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day ago8 minutes at 50km/h is 6.6km. At 5L/100km, that’s 0.3L. You realise there is no way even the worst engine ever built uses that much fuel to start?
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoSo your engine is idling at 50 km/h how does that work your engine idles at 0 that’s the definition of idle
minus-squareUndergroundParking@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 hours agoNot the guy you’re talking to, but this made me think! I wonder if some 60s american 8 liter engine would actually consume that much. I think it’s possible! Longer startup time, less efficient combustion…
8 minutes at 50km/h is 6.6km. At 5L/100km, that’s 0.3L.
You realise there is no way even the worst engine ever built uses that much fuel to start?
So your engine is idling at 50 km/h how does that work your engine idles at 0 that’s the definition of idle
Not the guy you’re talking to, but this made me think!
I wonder if some 60s american 8 liter engine would actually consume that much. I think it’s possible! Longer startup time, less efficient combustion…