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   Jonathan Schofield (urlyman@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2023 20:48:40 JST Jonathan Schofield

   • CelloMom On Cars
   • Jack of all trades

   @jackofalltrades @CelloMomOnCars thanks. Good to see that, as you say, the *relative* amounts are roughly the same.

   And yes, the EIA was my US source.

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     Jack of all trades (jackofalltrades@mas.to)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2023 20:48:39 JST Jack of all trades

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     • CelloMom On Cars

     @urlyman @CelloMomOnCars

     So now check this out, 2019 data:

     USA
     avg engine power: 192 kW
     avg kerb weight: 1768 kg
     avg fuel consumption: 8.6 lge/100km
     gasoline price: 0.79 $ PPP/litre

     https://www.iea.org/articles/fuel-economy-in-the-united-states

     UK
     avg engine power: 110 kW
     avg kerb weight: 1518 kg
     avg fuel consumption: 6.3 lge/100km
     gasoline price: 1.59 $ PPP/litre

     https://www.iea.org/articles/fuel-economy-in-the-united-kingdom

     German numbers are very similar to UK's.

     The cheaper the energy the more wasteful people are with it, it's that simple.

     pettter repeated this.
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     Jack of all trades (jackofalltrades@mas.to)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2023 20:48:39 JST Jack of all trades

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     • CelloMom On Cars

     @urlyman @CelloMomOnCars

     Here's another interesting trend reversal: the lowest point for the average car fuel consumption in the UK was 2016. After that point Brits started buying bigger and heavier cars and the fuel consumption has been growing ever since.

     The exact same thing can be seen in Germany.

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2023 20:53:38 JST pettter

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     • CelloMom On Cars
     • Jack of all trades

     @jackofalltrades @urlyman @CelloMomOnCars And this is why energy should not have One Price, but should instead be metered and distributed more based on actual need, and if metered at all, metered on a progressive scale.