For All The Eco Friendly Hippies: 7,000 Mpg Car Wins Eco-Marathon - Page 1

Page: 1

Rating: Unrated [0]

For All The Eco Friendly Hippies: 7,000 Mpg Car Wins Eco-Marathon

Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» JojoBizarre replied on Wed Mar 19, 2008 @ 10:49am


Coolness: 295060	7,000 MPG car wins eco-marathon source: [ green.yahoo.com ] Every year, Shell (yes, the giant evil oil company) puts on a little PR banquet in the name of vehicle efficiency called the Eco-Marathon. It's part of the long-standing tradition of oil companies blaming car companies for the excesses of the fossil fuel economy while car companies just as joyfully blame oil companies. Nonetheless, it's a fun little event where teams get together and figure out how efficient vehicles really can be. And they can indeed be very efficient. By bringing the weight of the vehicles way down, putting them on high-pressure bike tires, and making the vehicles as obscenely aerodynamic as possible, these cars easily get thousands of miles per gallon. The team from the French technical school St. Joseph La Joliverie went 7,148 miles on a single gallon of fuel. The Shell website is quick to point out that that's "almost ten miles per teaspoon." Maybe the body isn't the most efficient vehicle after all. In any case... it gives you a sense for just how much power is contained in a gallon of gasoline. It's too bad we've been pretty much pouring it down the drain for the last few decades.

	I'm feeling roommate search right now..

Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico replied on Wed Mar 19, 2008 @ 6:55pm

Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Masa replied on Wed Mar 19, 2008 @ 7:06pm


Coolness: 158855	... Yeah, no shit. That's like 0,03L per 100km, or 3040km per liter of gas. Woah.

	I'm feeling abort?_ right now..

Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Deadfunk replied on Wed Mar 19, 2008 @ 7:56pm


Coolness: 153090	omg!

	I'm feeling hardcore right now..

Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Nuclear replied on Wed Mar 19, 2008 @ 9:41pm


Coolness: 2604070	yah but they don't tell you what else it's using up...

	I'm feeling nuclear right now..

Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» AlienZeD replied on Thu Mar 20, 2008 @ 12:31am


Coolness: 509645	crack.

	I'm feeling wants health right now..

For All The Eco Friendly Hippies: 7,000 Mpg Car Wins Eco-Marathon

Page: 1

Post A Reply

You must be logged in to post a reply.