Cash for golf carts

[Theophylact]

Epidemic, generally speaking 95% of the fuel a gasoline-powered car uses is for moving the car itself. The human cargo is about 5% of the weight of the vehicle, given that almost all the miles traveled in this country in personal autos are with a single passenger -- the driver -- and no other payload. That's an incredible waste of fuel. Almost any other method is more economical.

[Whir]

Using the fact that some guy found an unexpected loophole in the bill to say that the liberals are fsking everything to hell and back is pretty irresponsible and irrational. I shouldn't expect better from you people, but I do. Go find something that's worth complaining about.

[GroundZero3]

My point was mainly having these bills rushed through without it getting the scrutiny it needs and now we the tax payers end up forking out money for golf carts.

[Epidemic]

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Originally Posted by Theophylact

Epidemic, generally speaking 95% of the fuel a gasoline-powered car uses is for moving the car itself. The human cargo is about 5% of the weight of the vehicle, given that almost all the miles traveled in this country in personal autos are with a single passenger -- the driver -- and no other payload. That's an incredible waste of fuel. Almost any other method is more economical.

Actually I believe your fractions are off somewhat. moving the air out of the way of your vehicle accounts for more than 5% of the fuel used. Weight is a major factor especially in city diving.

it seems as if aerodynamic drag is the biggest loss factor at 50 kmh


of course you could be right as I cant find anything comparing weight vs windload.