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Some of the mileage gain comes from good driving habits.? Recently I took my 
1995 Volvo which was rated at 24 mpg on the highway when it was new (it had 
over 150,000 miles on it.) I drove at 55 avoided fast starts and passing 
other cars. I was able to get slightly in excess of 30 miles per gallon.? 
Some Prius drivers in Japan get 99 miles per gallon.? In Europe there is an 
eco-driving movement. if we were just to do some simple steps, we could slow 
down green house gas emissions from cars significantly.


-----Original Message-----
From: paul wheaton <paul@richsoil.com>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 1:48 pm
Subject: Re: [permaculture] skeptical but curious - 376.59 mpg



It sounds like that sort of contest has gone on since the 70's and
some vehicles have managed to get better than 1000mpg:

http://www.permies.com/permaculture-forums/448_0/alternative-energy/376-mpg



On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 1:24 PM, David Glober <david.glober@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "how does 376.59 miles per gallon  sound? Makes your Honda Civic hybrid 
> look 
Hummeresque, doesn't it?
>
>   "That number doesn't come from some manta ray-shaped, wind tunnel-vetted 
carbon fiber space car. No, it's from a chop-top, steel-frame 1959 Opel T-1 
(think melting jelly bean, but uglier). And the record was set in 1973 in a 
contest sponsored by Shell Oil Co."
>
>
>  http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/351903_needle20.html
>
>
>
>  David Glober ~ San Francisco
>  Recent Permaculture Design Cert Grad
>  david.glober@yahoo.com
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