• @utopiah@lemmy.world
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    12 months ago

    I’m not trying to be sarcastic here, I genuinely do not understand what you are saying. Please give an example and/or a reference, whichever is more convenient.

    • Illecors
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      12 months ago

      Sorry, it’s rare people are not asking for trouble here :)

      I mean that any (reasonable) distance travelled at 90km/h will have consumed less fuel than that travelled at 30km/h; given the same car is used, reasonable gear is selected, etc, of course. If there is less fuel consumed, then, naturally, the emissions are lower as well, since that’s just a byproduct of combustion.

      While travelling at 90km/h will consume more fuel per unit of time than at 30km/h, the speed increase makes up for that.