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912 Miles Per Gallon?

Posted on October 23, 2006 2 Comments

There are approximately 31,000 calories in a gallon of gas, the fuel that most cars run on. Riding a bicycle on a flat road at about 15mph burns .049 calories per pound per minute. 912mpg is what a 175-pound person would burn on a 30-pound bicycle.

– 912 MPG

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2 thoughts on “912 Miles Per Gallon?”

  1. richardgrassick says:
    October 30, 2006 at 9:23 am

    For our international guests, assuming that US gallons were used here (and the word “gas” suggests it), this translates to just over 0.25 litres per 100 kilometres. A US gallon is 0.83 of an imperial gallon, so the UK figure is well over 1,000 mpg!

  2. Mike says:
    October 30, 2006 at 11:15 am

    I hadn’t thought about the fact that a US gallon isn’t the same as a UK gallon.

    I was born after decimalisation 🙂

    The fuel consumption of modern cars is appaling. 30MPG is deemed good, even though a Ford Model T could achieve that. And the Model T could run on ethanol as well as petrol, so it was more eco-friendly than most modern cars. With a top speed of 20MPH it was probably a lot safer too!

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