Posted: 12/10/2003 5:56:29 PM EDT
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after my little rant on the sierra club in a related topic i thought it would be fun to do a little math. yes, you heard me right, FUN to do math................... ill explain how. just to piss off the pointy headed little bitches there i've taken the total miles on my truck, rounded them off to 82,200 miles. i then divided 82,200 miles by my mileage, 9.5MPG and came up with roughly............. 8,652 gallons of gas!!!!!!!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA now you play |
| As you might know, I enjoy big numbers. So it's just natural that I was attracted by this news release from the University of Utah, "Bad Mileage: 98 tons of plants per gallon." "A staggering 98 tons of prehistoric, buried plant material is required to produce each gallon of gasoline we burn in our cars, SUVs, trucks and other vehicles." For a reasonably efficient car, riding 25 miles per gallon, this translates to 4 tons of prehistoric plants per mile, or more than two tons per kilometer. The research paper also mentions that everyday, we are using the fossil fuel equivalent of all the plants growing during a whole year just for our cars. |
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As you might know, I enjoy big numbers. So it's just natural that I was attracted by this news release from the University of Utah, "Bad Mileage: 98 tons of plants per gallon." "A staggering 98 tons of prehistoric, buried plant material is required to produce each gallon of gasoline we burn in our cars, SUVs, trucks and other vehicles." For a reasonably efficient car, riding 25 miles per gallon, this translates to 4 tons of prehistoric plants per mile, or more than two tons per kilometer. The research paper also mentions that everyday, we are using the fossil fuel equivalent of all the plants growing during a whole year just for our cars. waaaaa |
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Quoted: As you might know, I enjoy big numbers. So it's just natural that I was attracted by this news release from the University of Utah, "Bad Mileage: 98 tons of plants per gallon." "A staggering 98 tons of prehistoric, buried plant material is required to produce each gallon of gasoline we burn in our cars, SUVs, trucks and other vehicles." For a reasonably efficient car, riding 25 miles per gallon, this translates to 4 tons of prehistoric plants per mile, or more than two tons per kilometer. The research paper also mentions that everyday, we are using the fossil fuel equivalent of all the plants growing during a whole year just for our cars. |
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Now for the real math. Take the number of gallons you have used, and figure out how much you could have saved by buying all of your gas at the same time you bought your vehicle. The hard part there is remembering how much you've spent on gas at different times. |
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Quoted: 387.5 Gallons That is for ARFCOM related "Road Trips" ONLY. [:D] As for total? No Clue. I know over a million miles (just on vacations/roadtrips in 20 years) average between 18-25mpg So let's say 1million miles, 21 mpg: 47619 gallons 9,333,333,333 lbs of plants |
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Quoted: Quoted: 387.5 Gallons That is for ARFCOM related "Road Trips" ONLY. [:D] As for total? No Clue. I know over a million miles (just on vacations/roadtrips in 20 years) average between 18-25mpg So let's say 1million miles, 21 mpg: 47619 gallons 9,333,333,333 lbs of plants Hmmm, at today's prices, that is only about 10 transferable M-16's. Now, ask yourself, would you rather have 10 16's, or a ton of cool memories and pictures? hmmm, One Transferable 16 is worth 933,333,333.3 pounds of plants. No clue what the "brontosaurus conversion" is... |
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137000 / 19 mpg = about 7210 gallons hell screw the plants 7210 * avg $1.30 a gallon = about $9,373 ... DAMN! isnt the tax on gas about 40¢ ? $9,373 * 40¢ = $3,749 in gas tax... that translated in arfcom : avg porn rental = $1.99 $3,749 / $1.99 = about 1884 rentals.. wow with the gas tax money ive paid now that hurts. [:D] edited to add: ERRRR!!! 2IDdoc I wanted do te the first to put a $ figure to it.. guess a type too slow [:)] |