Audi exec: U.S. government has 'fallen in love' with electric vehicles | detnews.com | The Detroit News Ok, so let's play the game:1.5 million barrels ~= 0.33*diesel + 0.66*not_diesel 0 million barrels ~= 1*not_diesel (1/.66) * 1.5 mb ~= (1/.66) * .33 *d + (1/.66) * .66 *nd 2.27 mb ~= 0.5*d + 1 * nd 2.27 mb ~= 0.5*d 4.54 million barrels saved = 100% diesel Prius / diesel = 50 MPG / 40 MPG (ratio of Prius to diesel MPG) (50/40) * 4.54 million barrels saved = (Prius/diesel) * 100% * diesel 5.67 million barrels saved = 100% * Prius Gosh I love math! <GRINS> Actually I ran the numbers more as a joke than anything else. A great believer in the 'right tool for the right job,' I was appalled at Nysschen's nonsense about '1/3d of the vehicles.' Replace his diesels with Prius following the Audi A3 to Prius ratio and we're looking at 1.88 million barrels, which is more than 1.5 million barrels ... and still just as bogus. Bob Wilson
