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xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas (xkcd.com)

submitted 3 months ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[–] sour@feddit.de 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Where is the xkcd talking about cars?

[–] Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What else would it be referring to lmao

[–] Oddbin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

An electric motor and gas engine. It's the first line.

[–] Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And what are the most common applications for those? People don't just have motors sitting around attached to nothing.

[–] Oddbin@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Generators, fans, boats, planes, lawnmowers (sit on and push), strimmers, powered dumpers, diggers etc etc. if you Google it you'll probably find more.