I think the issue is that you were not aware of the principle of the conservation of energy, which is taught in any elementary physics course (high school level).
Some people have little patience when confronted with ignorance combined with arrogance.
Well, now we know why you like DRLs; apparently you are severely vision-impaired.
Per-vehicle fuel consumption is specifically mentioned in the linked article, and is also considerably less relevant than total usage.
Voltage regulators work by varying the voltage to the alternator field. Full-fielding means bypassing the voltage sensing and regulation systems entirely and feeding full alternator output voltage to the alternator field. Be advised that this should be done only briefly and WITHOUT raising the engine speed above idle, for the voltage output of a full-fielded alternator will rise recursively and can do extensive damage to vehicle electronics.
You're only saying that because it's TRUE!
DS
But, this and you point is irrelivant. The total is what can be saved and
400,000,000 of gasoline is significant (n addition to the related reduction of emissions).
Those were Digital Equipment Corp PDP-11's (Probably a PDP-12 or two in there also, they did nice A/D conversions.)
When we
LOL. Bad design I guess.
When they don't work you have to fight the pump mechanisms in addition to the actual force required to steer/brake the car.
Power brakes aren't all that big a deal, but a 7.5-turn steering wheel is not really a substitute for power steering, although it works fine if you aren't in a hurry.
Only according to Larry and Rick's "Yeah, but if you divide that by the total number of mosquitos in the whole US, it's only one-tenth of one picoliter per mosquito. See? It's a tiny amount!" BS illogic.
How many fewer transactions with psychotic middle eastern countries could we have by not having DRLs? Well, let's work out the order of magnitude:
There are 44 US gallons in a US barrel of crude. Including postrefining processes (hydrocracking, thermal cracking, catalytic reforming, alkylation, etc.), and estimating on the high side,roughly 50% by volume of crude can be made into gasoline. So, 22 gallons of gasoline per barrel.
Those who distrust such devious and convoluted tactics as "division" will want to skip this next part -- Larry, Rick, please cover your eyes and go "LA LA LA LA I'M NOT READING LA LA LA LA" for a minute or two:
400,000,000 divided by 22 gives 18,181,818. That's over 18 million barrels of oil we *wouldn't* have to buy and transport, which means (at $39.97/barrel, per Bloomberg this afternoon) $726,727,273 (almost seven hundred and twenty-seven million dollars) NOT given to those who have a nasty tendency to use it to train terrorists and set them upon us.Here's another way of looking at it: Each gallon of gasoline burned releases 19 pounds of CO2. For those keeping track (and not skeptical of such iffy concepts as "multiplication"), that's Seven billion, six hundred million pounds, or three million eight hundred thousand tons of CO2. If you care about that sort of thing.
That's yet another way of looking at it.
DS
Depends on how you want to assign the cause. I don't consider the manual transmission to be the proximate cause of the problem, but rather the misfire detection system. It isn't "inherently" due to the manual transmission. It is a little like having your house blown down by a strong wind when your neighbors house stands firm. The difference is that your neighbors house was built to code and your house was built cheaply lacking hurrican straps, etc. Is the reason for the collapse of your house the wind or the shoddy construction? One can make an argument either way, but I wouldn't blame the wind.
Matt
Bill, the PDP family was made by DEC, not HP! What an insult!!
Matt
How is it to parallel park? :-)
One thing about manual steering ... it taught people to get the wheels moving before trying to steer. I still cringe when I see people crank the wheels lock to lock when the car is sitting still. What a waste of tire rubber.
Matt
and HP3000; the PDP-11 was built by DEC.
Not just lab, but industrial controls as well. I cut my teeth on a PDP-11/34 and used almost every variant up to the 11/70. I then used VAXen starting with the 11/750 and on up. Excellent machines both hardware-wise and software-wise. VMS is still a better OS that what is available today from U*X vendors and M$. I'd kill for the VMS file system versioning feature in Windoze.
Matt
No. That's true of neither the brakes nor the steering.
The difference is that non-power cars use leverage instead of power assist. In the case of the steering you have to turn the steering wheel farther to get the same steering movement (and the steering wheel may be bigger besides); with brakes, you have to push the brake pedal farther.
On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 22:11:26 -0400, Nate Nagel
I think I would be fairly uncomfortable with a joystick as described and I think a lot of others would be too.
Perhaps I could get used to it, but I don't really see much of a problem with the current steering wheel and pedal design.
-- There's no way to delay that trouble comin' everyday
But then everyone could use the Carpool Lane!
Then what DOES make the difference in difficulty? Turning a big car with power steering/brakes and a dead engine is WAY more difficult than turning a similar-size car designed for manual steering/braking.
Over the years the designs for cars with power steering likely became more and more dependent upon the power assist. Manual systems on the other hand would have mechanical advantage to keep the resistance within normal limits.
I drive my 62 scout all the time, and with its 30x9.5 tires, I can still turn my wheels while standing still, thats what the
16 1/2 " steering wheel is for!Bernard
Hmmm - could have sworn HP, but that was 30 years ago - memory plays tricks sometimes.
Bill Putney (to reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with "x")
Granted. My point was the inconsistencies that many people have when they get obsessed on a particular cause when they are blind to similar things that have a much greater impact and yet are ignored. Indicates that we are spoiled (i.e., don't have enough to do when, in other cultures, power consumed by DRL's, or computers for that matter are number 3617 on their list of priorities (or plain n/a) well after how to find the next meal or how to keep someone from killing their innocent children, or any host of other issues).
Bill Putney (to reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with "x")
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