obiefan
06-20-2008, 09:53 PM
If soaring gasoline prices have prompted you to look for a more fuel-efficient ride, using miles per gallon as a guide could lead you astray, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
Instead, they propose a new standard based on gallons per mile, which gives people a far better idea of how much gasoline they might save by switching trading in that gas-guzzling minivan.
"There is a math illusion here,"
... story here.. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080619/sc_nm/fuel_efficiency_dc
Table here:
http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/news/mpg/table.pdf
Instead, they propose a new standard based on gallons per mile, which gives people a far better idea of how much gasoline they might save by switching trading in that gas-guzzling minivan.
"There is a math illusion here,"
... story here.. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080619/sc_nm/fuel_efficiency_dc
Table here:
http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/news/mpg/table.pdf