Kilometers is metric, the normal metric fuel economy rating is Liters per 100km.
It's a little confusing (I'm Canadian and I don't have a good reference for L/100k, but I understand mpg).
"Larry Scholnick" <Larry_Scholnick@Yahoo.Com> wrote in message news:I4NMd.596$ZZ.521@newssvr23.news.prodigy.net...> Are there any countries in the world where fuel economy is commonly measured in KPG (Kilometers Per> Gallon) rather than in MPG (Miles Per Gallon)?>
Olaf Gustafson 4 February 2005 22:25:30 [ permanent link ]
On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 16:56:22 GMT, "Bill the second" <asdf@asdf.com> wrote:
"Joe" <j@j.com> wrote in message news:cu0732$bu7$1@dns3.cae.ca...>>I doubt it, that doesn't make much sense.>>
Kilometers is metric, the normal metric fuel economy rating is Liters per>> 100km.>>
It's a little confusing (I'm Canadian and I don't have a good reference >> for>> L/100k, but I understand mpg).>
As Joe said, metric fuel economy is (generally) measured in L/100km. A lower >number is better. A car would generally get somewhere between 6 and 12.>
KPG doesn't make any sense because kilometers is metric and gallons is >imperial. No sense mixing two system of units.
Yeah, leave that to the American stoner who buys by the ounce and expects that there will be 28 grams in his bag!
With MPG is there is imperial gallons and US gallons, so there are two >*different* types of MPG. And in Canada, gas is neither sold in gallons, nor >is distances measured in miles, but people still calculate MPG, and car ads >still advertise MPG figures (which tend to be higher than US figures because >an imperial gallon is larger than a US gallon).>
I just learned to understand what L/100km represents.>
In article <4203E41A.530691E9@BITphysics.orgBUCKET>, Robert Briggs <Trebor.Briggs@BITphysics.orgBUCKET> wrote:
Bill the second wrote:>
KPG doesn't make any sense because kilometers is metric and gallons> > is imperial. No sense mixing two system of units.>
Not necessarily, Bill.>
In the UK we measure our distances in miles and buy our petrol in> litres.>
I do my own calculations in miles per litre.>
An extreme example of mixing units is quoted in "A Random Walk In> Science" (Institute of Physics Publishing):>
British units>
One recommended British unit of thermal conductivity - useful> for calculating the heat transmission of walls - is:>
British Thermal Unit / hour / sq ft / cm / degree F
BANG!
(That was my head exploding.)
-- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia "If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
Larry Scholnick wrote:> Are there any countries in the world where fuel economy is commonly measured in KPG (Kilometers Per> Gallon) rather than in MPG (Miles Per Gallon)?>
Everone uses litres/100km.
I prefer km/l or kilometres/litre. However this gives "low" readings - ie 10km/l is actually pretty sweet.
KPG, well, no, it's metric but not metric??
-- ---------------------- http://www.saab-900.tk The Saab Tech Resource ----------------------
On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 22:12:23 -0500, Max <max@mailinator.com> wrote:>Larry Scholnick wrote:>> Are there any countries in the world where fuel economy is commonly measured in KPG (Kilometers Per>> Gallon) rather than in MPG (Miles Per Gallon)?>>
Everone uses litres/100km.
I prefer km/l or kilometres/litre. However this gives "low" readings - >ie 10km/l is actually pretty sweet.
KPG, well, no, it's metric but not metric??
It's not metric. It follows no measurement standard.
Joe wrote:> I doubt it, that doesn't make much sense.>
Kilometers is metric, the normal metric fuel economy rating is Liters
100km.>
It's a little confusing (I'm Canadian and I don't have a good
reference for> L/100k, but I understand mpg).
Actually, for a few years in the late 70s, fuel economy in Canada *was* measured in kilometres per imperial gallon. This started around the time when miles were convereted to km in '77, and ended around the time that gas converted from gallons to litres in '80.
If you would like to report an abuse of our service, such as a spam message, please . Если Вы хотите пожаловаться на содержимое этой страницы, пожалуйста .
