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{{comic | number = 4589 | date = August 10, 2017 | title = fuel-efficiency | image = 1502378352-20170810 (1).png | votey = 1502378366-20170810after (1).png | titletext = Last idea: Sit inside a ball that moves with wind patterns and just regularly check to see if you're at your destination yet. }} ==Explanation== {{incomplete}} ==Transcript== {{Computertranscript}} :[Describe panel here] :New approaches to fuel efficiency: :Idea 1: Car with onboard geothermal power generator. :Pros: :Cons: :-Charge anywhere, simply by sinking metal rod toward center of earth :-High upfront cost :-Overuse may result in Earth's :-Works in all weather, and on bottom of ocean :core dying, death of all surface life :-Neighbors will definitely know you :are environmentally conscious :Idea 2: Multistage car. :Pros: :Cons: :-Used up stages can be jettisoned :-Requires expensive radio receiver to communicate with mission control :with little risk of danger to people inside car :-Insurance claim process is cumbersome :-Opportunity to tell police that only :the third stage was speeding, and it's :a small percentage of overall mass :-Can only be used one awesome time :Idea 3: Car with anger-capturing interior. :Pros: :-Harvests energy whenever you :punch the ceiling, dash, :or steering wheel -20 mpg highway, 2,718 mpg city -Increases driver likelihood of :listening to conflicting points of view on talk radio :Cons: :-Negates delightful feeling of hatred toward other drivers :-Cannot yet harvest self-loathing :Idea 4: Car that can only go downhill. :Pros: :-Accelerometer detects angle of vehicle, preventing wasteful :upward or lateral motion :-Will be extremely valuable if Earth discovered to be both flat :and at an incline -Technically uses negative fuel :when employing regenerative braking :Con: :-Is honestly kind of a stupid idea :Idea 5: Car that only technically moves. :Pros: :Cons: :-Technically moving 30 kilometers :-Hard drive to see movies :per second relative to sun :-"Car" will continue moving, :-Due to elliptical movement, :long after you and everyone :vehicle is constantly accelerating :whoever cared for you are dead :-Energy of motion can be :recovered by dropping Earth into sun :Caption: smbc-comics.com ==Votey Transcript== {{Computertranscript}} :[Describe panel here] :Dear Tesla Motors, :Please consider this my resume {{comic discussion}} [[Category:Comics tagged science]][[Category:Comics tagged engineering]]
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