silence7@slrpnk.net to solarpunk memes@slrpnk.netEnglish · edit-21 year ago80% of your gas money goes out the tailpipeslrpnk.netimagemessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up11file-text
arrow-up11image80% of your gas money goes out the tailpipeslrpnk.netsilence7@slrpnk.net to solarpunk memes@slrpnk.netEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square2linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareShrimpCurler@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI think the 80% number is outdated (although most of the energy is still wasted) F1 engines achieve a peak thermal efficiency above 50 percent, significantly higher than a modern passenger car’s 35 percent thermal efficiency - https://www.motor1.com/news/655596/video-how-f1-engines-make-1000hp/ So more like 65% goes out the tailpipe…
I think the 80% number is outdated (although most of the energy is still wasted)
So more like 65% goes out the tailpipe…