Re: Gas Guzzlers

[Paul Stenquist]

The cars that burn 16 gallons on a single drag racing run run use a 
fuel that's a mixture of nitromethane and methanol, not gasoline. 
What's more, the amount of fuel used by all motorsports combined in an 
entire year is a drop in the bucket compared to what is used in a 
single day by commercial airlines.
No reason to be disgusted.
Paul
On Oct 26, 2004, at 6:04 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi,
Talking about gas guzzlers, I watched a drag racing programme the 
other week.  One of the guys with the fast cars pointed out that he 
uses 16 gallons of fuel per run.  "To put it in perspective" he said 
"if you put 16 buckets of fuel on the ground, I burn it in my run 
faster than you can kick the buckets over"

I'm not sure whether to be impressed or disgusted.
mike
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