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can't cheat the laws of physics.


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Posted by buickanddeere on July 31, 2011 at 06:54:38 from (216.183.145.178):

In Reply to: Re: OT---MPG---Price of gas. posted by Red1 on July 31, 2011 at 05:48:44:

Actually it won't be any of these companies that
will block a 50+mpg fleet average.
It will be the laws of physics are designed by
the Creator that will make a 50mpg fleet average impossible. Don't like it, complain to Him.
There is only 114,000 btu in one US gallon of
gasoline. Unless your 50+ mpg fleet operates in a
vacuum without aerodynamic drag. And your 50+mpg
fleet only drives down hill.

Table of GGE

Fuel GGE BTU/unit kWh/Unit
Gasoline (base)[2] 1 US gallon 114,000
BTU/gal 33.41
Gasoline (conventional, summer)[2] 0.996 US
gallon * 114,500 BTU/gal 33.56
Gasoline (conventional, winter)[2] 1.013 US
gallon * 112,500 BTU/gal 32.97
Gasoline (reformulated gasoline, ethanol)[2]
1.019 US gallon * 111,836 BTU/gal 32.78
Gasoline (reformulated gasoline, ETBE)[2]
1.019 US gallon * 111,811 BTU/gal 32.77
Gasoline (reformulated gasoline, MTBE)[2]
1.020 US gallon * 111,745 BTU/gal 32.75
Gasoline (10% MBTE)[3] 1.02 US gallon 112,000
BTU/gallon 32.83
Gasoline (regular unleaded)[4] 1 US gallon
114,100 BTU/gal 33.44
Diesel #2[4] 0.88 US gallons 129,500 BTU/gal
37.95
Biodiesel (B100)[4] 0.96 US gallons 118,300
BTU/gal
Bio Diesel (B20)[4] 0.90 US gallons 127,250
BTU/gal
Liquid natural gas (LNG)[4] 1.52 US gallons
75,000 BTU/gal
Compressed natural gas (CNG)[4] 126.67 cu ft
(3.587 m3) 900 BTU/cu ft
Hydrogen at 101.325 kPa 357.37 cu ft 319 BTU/cu
ft[5]
Hydrogen by weight 0.997 kg (2.198 lb)[6]
119.9 MJ/kg (51,500 BTU/lb)[7]
Liquefied petroleum gas(propane) (LPG)[4]
1.35 US gallons 84,300 BTU/gal
Methanol fuel (M100)[4] 2.01 US gallons 56,800
BTU/gal
Ethanol fuel (E100)[4] 1.500 US gallons
76,100 BTU/gal
Ethanol (E85)[4] 1.39 US gallons 81,800
BTU/gal
Jet fuel (naphtha)[8] 0.97 US gallons 118,700
BTU/gal
Jet fuel (kerosene)[8] 0.90 US gallons 128,100
BTU/gal
Electricity 33.40 kilowatt-hours * 3,413
BTU/(kW·h) [9][10]
*calculated based on 114,000 BTU/gal base gasoline


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