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Comment on hybrid fuel economy tall-tale by d. bixcube

d. bixcube — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:20:28 +0000

I love how everything is bullshit!

Comment on hybrid fuel economy tall-tale by ecto

ecto — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:08:51 +0000

And another thing!

Just to drive the “wind resistance” point home, the extreme example is if I drove my Prius typically at 110 mph on the highway between here and New Orleans. It might be able to go that fast. My fuel economy, of course, would go into the shitter *because of greater wind resistance.* But if I typically drove down I-10 at a steady 30 mph, if I could somehow remain not-run-over, my fuel economy would be better than what I could get averaging 30 mph tootling around Gulfport and Biloxi.

The *only* way that might not be true is if the one-step energy transference from the gas engine to the drivetrain were somehow less efficient than the two-step energy transference from gas engine to battery/electric motor to drivetrain. But if that were true, why wouldn’t the gas engine *always* use the battery/electric motor as a middleman and *never* directly power the drivetrain?

It just don’t add up.

Comment on hybrid fuel economy tall-tale by arcturus

arcturus — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:31:53 +0000

“Insightful, educated, and of an overall incredible nature!” - The Arcturus Braintrust.

Comment on “People who discovered they would save money if they switched insurance companies saved some average amount of money upon switching” by ecto

ecto — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:04:00 +0000

* I reverted the paragraph to the original, from this: “~~He then intones “Surprised?”~~ A man standing near him says “No way!” Dennis replies “Way!”".

After watching more tv, I now see that there are two commercials airing slightly different endings (one with “Surprised?” the other with a guy saying “No way!” to which Haysbert replies “Way!”

So I’m not losing my mind after all.

Comment on Tip of the day by arcturus

arcturus — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:21:44 +0000

Them’s words to live by.

Comment on those lying, lying liars by ecto

ecto — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:48:22 +0000

I saw the first 2 episodes of Black Books on Youtube per y’all’s suggestive bug. Nice!

Comment on those lying, lying liars by drew

drew — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:43:13 +0000

Black Books — now *there* is a grumpy dude. You might like the britcom of which Annie speaks, ecto.

Comment on those lying, lying liars by annie

annie — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:18:53 +0000

you’ve pulled the very rug out from under me! (ha- well played!). Ever seen Black Books?(and yes, that’s a complete non sequitur)

Comment on those lying, lying liars by ecto

ecto — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:25:17 +0000

I know, right? It came to me all at once, like a vision, while sitting on the couch switching between “Jurassic Fight Club” and “Everybody Loves Raymond.”

Comment on those lying, lying liars by drew

drew — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:02:22 +0000

I just applauded a little bit, right here at my desk.