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xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas (xkcd.com)

submitted 5 months ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[–] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thing is that pound of gas is gone, that pound of battery is still there and ready for recharge.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

A dead battery is far worse than an empty jerry can, atleast the jerry can is light. Hell there are even some real nice collapsible ones and thats not even accounting for fuel bladders. Electric is useful but it is also rather rigid as well.