Boomintahoe

[The_Quiet_One 10+ year member]

Electricity's efficiency? First, I am an Electrical Engineer so I know more about electricity that you probably ever will.
And:

A heat engine (which every internal combustion engine is!) has a maximum theoretical efficiency defined by the Carnot heat engine model which by thermodynamics is always less than 100% and typically much MUCH lower. And cars and truck are not powered by idealized theoretical heat engine models, they are powered by big ugly gasoline drinking inefficient actual realizations of a heat engine.

Wikipedia has a great page on the internal combustion engine, and in particular relating to it's efficiency (or lack thereof):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_combustion_engine#Energy_efficiency

Wherein Wikipedia says "Even when aided with turbochargers and stock efficiency aids, most engines retain an average efficiency of about 18%-20%." So that means out of $100 you put in your gas tank, most is already gone and wasted R/T inherent inefficiency so we have about $20 worth to work with to provide real usable work.

Now lets look at the relative weights between vehicle and passenger. I weigh about 180lbs, and my 1994 Dodge Caravan weighs about 3900lbs:

http://answers.bloglines.com/Car/how_much_does_a_dodge_caravan_weigh

So to make calculation easy lets say I weigh 200lbs and my Caravan weights 4000lbs. A close estimate. 4000/200 = 20, or my Caravan weighs 20 times as much as I do! Or it's gonna take 20 times the energy to push my Caravan around as it will take to push ME around!!

1/20 of $20 is ONE DOLLAR!! One dollar out of my $100 spent on gasoline goes to pushing ME around!! That's 1%!! And while I'm a little overweight and my Caravan's not among the heaviest vehicles out there, you should be able to clearly see that no one in any internal combustion powered vehicle is gonna get much better than 1% or so efficiency out of their DOLLARS SPENT ON GASOLINE!!

QED

John Kuthe...

You're not an electrical engineer; you've never worked as a EE and you never will. A EE degree doesn't mean much when apparently you were too much of a joke to get an actual engineering job. How do you even mess that up? Instead you had to rely on an inheritance to get you out of your upside down finances and your dead end job.

BTW when you divide a positive number by 0 the answer is undefined not infinity. You can't even do that math right.

To the OP: I'm looking forward to seeing the build. It should be pretty **** loud //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fro.gif.c695f1f814b01c4ad99fe7f8cccadd29.gif

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

BTW when you divide a positive number by 0 the answer is undefined not infinity. You can't even do that math right.

To the OP: I'm looking forward to seeing the build. It should be pretty **** loud //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fro.gif.c695f1f814b01c4ad99fe7f8cccadd29.gif

BWUAHAHAHAHA i'd be surprised if he actually passed middle school.

 

[los33 10+ year member]

You're not an electrical engineer; you've never worked as a EE and you never will. A EE degree doesn't mean much when apparently you were too much of a joke to get an actual engineering job. How do you even mess that up? Instead you had to rely on an inheritance to get you out of your upside down finances and your dead end job.
BTW when you divide a positive number by 0 the answer is undefined not infinity. You can't even do that math right.

To the OP: I'm looking forward to seeing the build. It should be pretty **** loud //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fro.gif.c695f1f814b01c4ad99fe7f8cccadd29.gif

Lmao he said he was an RN who got written up for ******* at life.

And hopefully i do better then my sierra build.

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[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

You're not an electrical engineer; you've never worked as a EE and you never will. A EE degree doesn't mean much when apparently you were too much of a joke to get an actual engineering job. How do you even mess that up? Instead you had to rely on an inheritance to get you out of your upside down finances and your dead end job.
BTW when you divide a positive number by 0 the answer is undefined not infinity. You can't even do that math right.

To the OP: I'm looking forward to seeing the build. It should be pretty **** loud //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fro.gif.c695f1f814b01c4ad99fe7f8cccadd29.gif

Straight up owned. He's def not fooling anybody claimi g to be something when we all know he wasn't/isn't.

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Ill post some tomorrow, but its the worst part of the buy.
Front driver seat is torn a bit, carpet is somewhat dirty, headliner was left hanging from a tv install, wiring was routed horrible from last install.

Ill have some work to do, even the door panels are half way loose due to them forcing them off.

Those will be removed, fixed, repainted black.

I plan to murder it out inside and out. 5% all around on windows.

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To me, that could be so.ething part of the build log. Something that's broken or needing replaced get the SUV to your liking g and then begin the build.

 

[JohnKuthe]

You're not an electrical engineer; you've never worked as a EE and you never will. A EE degree doesn't mean much when apparently you were too much of a joke to get an actual engineering job. How do you even mess that up? Instead you had to rely on an inheritance to get you out of your upside down finances and your dead end job.

ROFL!! Your envy does not wear well on you! It's rather UGLY!

BTW when you divide a positive number by 0 the answer is undefined not infinity. You...

In the limit it goes to infinity! Basic Calc 101!

John Kuthe...

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Why are you here? Go away.

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

ROFL!! Your envy does not wear well on you! It's rather UGLY!



In the limit it goes to infinity! Basic Calc 101!

John Kuthe...

undefined and infinite are different. undefined means that there is no given measure AKA nothing. infinite is the opposite end of the spectrum its is too great to be measurable.

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

If everyone would quit feeding this ******' troll and put him on ignore....we wouldn't have this. Obviously loves the attention.

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

If everyone would quit feeding this ******' troll and put him on ignore....we wouldn't have this. Obviously loves the attention.

you ARE THE TROLL

 

[BMayes36]

Says the troll.

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

you ARE THE TROLL

Uh no...the one that keeps showing off his leaf like it's something new is.

 

[JohnKuthe]

undefined and infinite are different. undefined means that there is no given measure AKA nothing. infinite is the opposite end of the spectrum its is too great to be measurable.

Yes I know. Most fascinating thing I though about infinities is how there are greater and lesser infinities, not to mention countable vs uncountable infinities!

I took a LOT of math classes in engineering school and prereqs to it too! Math is cool!

John Kuthe...

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

Yes I know. Most fascinating thing I though about infinities is how there are greater and lesser infinities, not to mention countable vs uncountable infinities!
I took a LOT of math classes in engineering school and prereqs to it too! Math is cool!

John Kuthe...

I'M lost john.

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

Uh no...the one that keeps showing off his leaf like it's something new is.

I actually just taught your ******* something //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif