Posted by Rik Wasmus on 12/05/07 11:23

On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:58:21 +0100, Toby A Inkster =

<usenet200712@tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote:

> Rik Wasmus wrote:
>
>> Almost as good as when I calculated the fuel efficiency of a car in
>> acres (it was 15.4 picoacres BTW).
>
> That doesn't work. The unit should have been acres^-1 (or metres^-2).
>
> Length/Volume =3D Length/Length*Length*Length =3D 1/Length*Length =3D =
1/Area.
>

Nono. Volume/length is totally valid to check for efficiency.

With 1 liter I can ride 16 kilometers, so I can ride 1 kilometer with 1/=
16 =

liter fuel... 'liter per kilometer'/'gallon to the mile' rather then the=
=

reverse.

Thats 0.001 m^3 / 16.000 m =3D 0.0000000625 m^2 =3D 15.4 picoacres
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Rik Wasmus

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