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Old 06-30-2005, 06:41 PM   #33
linknoid
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Originally Posted by Undertoad
According to the back of my envelope, 1 earth per 8 liters is about 1000 miles per litre or about 250 miles per gallon. But it sure looks like they aren't hiding it, they're releasing photos of it and shooting for the market, etc. I guess the old legend really was false after all.
Just a quick math check, a gallon is about 4 times the size of a liter, not 1/4. You should be able to go about 4 times as far on a gallon as on a liter, so more like 4000 miles per gallon instead of 250, assuming the rest of your calculations were correct.
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