Random thought - fuel consumptions and which units are appropriate for it

[pne]

Fuel consumption in Germany is usually measured in l/100 km.

Now l = dm³ (according to at least one definition), so that reduces to 0.01 mm²...

Though "My car gets 0.07 mm²!" will probably get a response along the lines of "What you say?" ^^

(Or you could claim 0.017 nanoacre instead of 0.07 mm² if you prefer imperial measurement. And the metric equivalent of mpg [which is range, not consumption rate] would be 1/mm², perhaps? 1 mpg = 1/(2.35 mm²) or 0.43 mm^-2.)

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Google Calculator makes crazy calculations easy

[alister.livejournal.com]

60 miles per hour in angstroms per nanosecond

60 miles per hour = 268.22400 angstroms per nanosecond

Re: Google Calculator makes crazy calculations easy

[pne.livejournal.com]

Ah, lovely.

And in the world-wide standard "furlong-firkin-fortnight" system, that'd be 161 280 furlongs per fortnight.