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80% of your gas money goes out the tailpipe

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80% of your gas money goes out the tailpipe

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Key context: thermodynamics dictates that heat engines waste a lot of energy.

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    I think the 80% number is outdated (although most of the energy is still wasted)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…

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