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Old 08-12-2014, 04:49 PM   #11
Chin
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Wow, challenges the numbers of the study without any of their own...brilliant.

"You might be saving fuel in your car, but you're using more electricity at home." Is he suggesting that putting a few ice packs in your freezer takes as much energy as cooling your car for whatever time you are wearing them? I would love to see the math on that....oh, wait, there isn't any provided.

" the authors of the study concluded that the differences weren't significant, not "much higher" as Vox has it: "Penalty of AC ON at higher ambient as compared to windows down is not significantly different for SUV or Sedan [5-10%]"." I didn't read the original study, but there is clearly something missing here. There are specific measures for establishing significance. Unless there is a lot of variation, 5-10% can be pretty significant...up to 4mpg isn't significant?!

Waste of an article.
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