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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.

  • @SulaymanF
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    136 months ago

    i think you may have missed the joke if you read it too fast

    • @[email protected]
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      -66 months ago

      No I get it. Electric cars are definitely cool and have advantages, but also have some disadvantages that this just kind of ignores to make a gotcha moment

      • @SulaymanF
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        56 months ago

        Are you expecting a joke to actually discuss both sides of a topic?

        • @[email protected]
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          -36 months ago

          I suppose that’s a good point. I just feel like XKCD is usually a bit more nuanced than this

          • @Oddbin
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            26 months ago

            An electric motor and gas engine. It’s the first line.

            • @[email protected]
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              -26 months ago

              And what are the most common applications for those? People don’t just have motors sitting around attached to nothing.

              • @Oddbin
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                16 months ago

                Generators, fans, boats, planes, lawnmowers (sit on and push), strimmers, powered dumpers, diggers etc etc. if you Google it you’ll probably find more.