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Old 02-05-08 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Doug5150
It's cute but pointless, as such a comparison still fails on economics. The car eats a lot cheaper than you do.

A gallon of regular unleaded gasoline costs around $3 (midwest US) right now, and contains about 31,000 calories.

Tell me any kind of food you can buy, that $3 worth would contain 31,000 calories.
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Are humans able to convert those 31,000 calories?

BTW, It's my understanding that the normal conversion of fuels to work it BTU's not calories.
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Originally Posted by krazygluon
Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred, which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?
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