There are a few ways that an oil powered electrical plant could be more efficient than oil powered automobiles.
The first would be economy of scale. Power generating devices become more efficient as they become larger.
The second would be a matter of the type of fuels that would be distilled from a barrel of crude oil. A typical gas station near sea level usually sells three grades of gasoline: 87, 91, & 93. Despite everything the gas companies tell you, you are not giving your car "a treat" when you buy higher-octane gasoline than you actually need. What octane do you need? You need the lowest octane that does not cause your car to knock while accelerating. You actually only need the higher octane while accelerating. During cruising, you may only need an octane of around 70.
A barrel of crude oil will produce more gallons of 70-octane gasoline than of 91-octane gasoline. Since you really only need the higher octane during acceleration, you are in effect "wasting" the extra octane & the crude oil used to produce it during cruising. If you were able to run an engine at a constant load & constant speed, you could tailor the fuel to the needs of the engine. You could then make the optimum use of each barrel of crude oil.
This is why a power generating plant could be more efficient than a gasoline powered automobile.
The Economist released another way to compare economies that uses a standard that is even more constant than dollars or euros. They call it the "Hamburger Standard" & it uses the McDonalds Big Mac to compare different economies. Here is where you can find the chart:
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I was able to rip my Moby -18 disc without any problems. I use cdex. If I remember correctly, there was a.txt file at the very end. I couldn't rip it all at once, but I could rip half of it at a time. Why don't you give that a try?
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(BTW I find your assumption that "police are massively crooked whenever you go to a foreign nation", i.e. the whole world is crooked apart from the USA, naive and xenophobic to say the least. Some of your police hardly have an international reputation for integrity).
Hmmmm....... I did not see a single mention of the United States in his post. He only mentioned that he assumes that police are crooked when he goes to a foreign nation. He did not say that police are crooked in "Every country with the exception of the United States." For all you know he could be Canadian, English, Japanese, or Kuwaiti.
Just because you assume that all Americans are naïve & xenophobic, does not make it so.
It usually uses a light sensitive device. It is able to tell where on the screen the device is pointing by using the scan lines of the display. When the device sees light from the screen, it knows it is pointing at the same place that the CRT is creating an image.
Your reply reminds me of a story. There was once a woman in her 80s who was learning a foreign language. Someone asked her why would she do something at such an age. Her reply was simple.
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There are a few ways that an oil powered electrical plant could be more efficient than oil powered automobiles.
The first would be economy of scale. Power generating devices become more efficient as they become larger.
The second would be a matter of the type of fuels that would be distilled from a barrel of crude oil. A typical gas station near sea level usually sells three grades of gasoline: 87, 91, & 93. Despite everything the gas companies tell you, you are not giving your car "a treat" when you buy higher-octane gasoline than you actually need. What octane do you need? You need the lowest octane that does not cause your car to knock while accelerating. You actually only need the higher octane while accelerating. During cruising, you may only need an octane of around 70.
A barrel of crude oil will produce more gallons of 70-octane gasoline than of 91-octane gasoline. Since you really only need the higher octane during acceleration, you are in effect "wasting" the extra octane & the crude oil used to produce it during cruising. If you were able to run an engine at a constant load & constant speed, you could tailor the fuel to the needs of the engine. You could then make the optimum use of each barrel of crude oil.
This is why a power generating plant could be more efficient than a gasoline powered automobile.
The Economist released another way to compare economies that uses a standard that is even more constant than dollars or euros. They call it the "Hamburger Standard" & it uses the McDonalds Big Mac to compare different economies. Here is where you can find the chart:
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http://www.oanda.com/products/bigmac/bigmac.sht
"If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier...just as long as I'm the dictator..." --George W. Bush
Hey Jonny, do you have a source for the quote in your sig?
Joke (n)
Pronunciation: 'jOk
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin jocus; perhaps akin to Old High German gehan to say, Sanskrit yAcati he asks
Date: 1670
1 a : something said or done to provoke laughter; especially : a brief oral narrative with a climactic humorous twist b (1) : the humorous or ridiculous element in something (2) : an instance of jesting : KIDDING c : PRACTICAL JOKE d : LAUGHINGSTOCK
2 : something not to be taken seriously : a trifling matter -- often used in negative construction
Then they can write some bots that generate random inane chatter in their posts.
Oh....
....never mind.
I'll take that bet.
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Are you new to computers?
Damn, I wish I could mod this guy up.
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That was a Ford Explorer issue, not a tire issue.
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Couldn't posting the same stories over & over again be construed as spam?
I was able to rip my Moby -18 disc without any problems. I use cdex. If I remember correctly, there was a .txt file at the very end. I couldn't rip it all at once, but I could rip half of it at a time. Why don't you give that a try?
I guess you haven't been to a mall lately.
I must say that I applaud your ability to post a link to the story posted & receive a moderated score in excess of 5.
BRAVO!
Let's hear it for the moderators!
For his next trick, a Beowulf cluster of "In soviet Russia....."
Does it have the new Hyper-Threading Technology?
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What are you talking about" I didn't notice anything.
Awesome reply!
Are you sure you are not a (L)user I support?
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(BTW I find your assumption that "police are massively crooked whenever you go to a foreign nation", i.e. the whole world is crooked apart from the USA, naive and xenophobic to say the least. Some of your police hardly have an international reputation for integrity).
Hmmmm....... I did not see a single mention of the United States in his post. He only mentioned that he assumes that police are crooked when he goes to a foreign nation. He did not say that police are crooked in "Every country with the exception of the United States." For all you know he could be Canadian, English, Japanese, or Kuwaiti.
Just because you assume that all Americans are naïve & xenophobic, does not make it so.
Here you go:
http://www.npr.org/programs/totn/index.html
No charge.
It usually uses a light sensitive device. It is able to tell where on the screen the device is pointing by using the scan lines of the display. When the device sees light from the screen, it knows it is pointing at the same place that the CRT is creating an image.
Couldn't they just go back to selling indulgences? They seemed to make a tidy profit in the past.
Your reply reminds me of a story. There was once a woman in her 80s who was learning a foreign language. Someone asked her why would she do something at such an age. Her reply was simple.
"Because it is the only age that I have."
40 lawyers sounds like a good start.