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

submitted 5 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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[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Cool. I'll just go ahead and abandon my whole life to move to China.

[–] volodya_ilich@lemm.ee -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You are aware that these vehicles are sold outside China as well, right? I'm not making the point of "in china they're cheap", I'm making the point "they are cheap, maybe just not in your country"

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Sorry, let me rephrase for you: I'll just go ahead and uproot my entire life to move to a country that sells Chinese cars.