Technology ConnectionsJan 14, 2023

This is what a single trip to the hardware store looks like out where my parents live.

Notice the miles driven, time it took, and remaining battery status (started this at 100%).

But by all means, please keep telling us electric cars only work in cities.

Show threadKris
@TechConnectify chuckling to myself that “mi/kWh” is what the Americans settled on for EV efficiency units.
Jan 14, 2023 at 11:19pmMastoot
Show threadTechnology ConnectionsJan 14, 2023
@krssctt In a land that uses miles-per-gallon, it makes perfect sense.
Show threadPaul MartinJan 14, 2023
@TechConnectify @krssctt The UK uses miles per gallon too, only our mile is infinitesimally smaller and our gallon is a hair over 20% bigger.
Show threadJake ArkinstallJan 14, 2023
@nowster @TechConnectify @krssctt miles per gallon? Speak for yourself, I use furlongs per pint.
Show threadPaul MartinJan 15, 2023

@jake_arkinstall @TechConnectify @krssctt Don't mix up your units in the furlong firkin fortnight system.

(Curiously you could use attoparsec per microfortnight as a substitute to measure tape speeds and the numbers would be almost the same as ips.)

Show threadScottJan 15, 2023
@nowster @TechConnectify @krssctt the UK mile is the same as the US mile (63,630 inches to the mile, and the inch is 25.4mm), but for some crazy reason the US redefined their pint to be 16 fl.oz instead of the 20 fl.oz of the UK pint, so the US gallon is only 80% of the UK gallon, making the UK gallon 25% larger than the US gallon. But more bizarrely, the UK measures fuel consumption in miles per (UK) gallon, but sells fuel in litres. That’s what makes no sense to me :)
Show threadScottJan 15, 2023
@nowster @TechConnectify @krssctt 63,360 inches. Sheesh.
Show threadPaul MartinJan 15, 2023
@scottearle @TechConnectify @krssctt UK fluid ounces are smaller than US fluid ounces as they're based on a different gallon. The UK standardized on the volume of 10 pounds of water at 62°F as being a gallon but the US stayed with the Queen Anne wine gallon (231 cubic inches).
Show threadScottJan 15, 2023
@nowster because of course they did
Show threadbhtooefrJan 14, 2023

@krssctt @TechConnectify it gets more amusing: “MPGe” exists and is the figure that the US government typically uses to report their efficiency

(which is really miles per 33.7 kWh, the approximate energy content of a gallon of gasoline using the lower heating value)

Show threadKrisJan 15, 2023
@bhtooefr @TechConnectify basing it on the energy of a gallon of gasoline is actually way more in line with what I would expect for a Freedom Unit
Show threadbetazedJan 15, 2023
@krssctt @TechConnectify Guess we forgot to create a freedom unit for kWh so we have to use that one.... For now.
Show threadThe Jack of SandwichJan 15, 2023

@betazed @krssctt @TechConnectify Tons of TNT! That's a good unit of energy for Freedom-lovers!

kWh IS a funny unit, converting a unit of power back into a unit of energy, but it's what we're billed in, so it's really the only logical thing here.