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xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas (xkcd.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/xkcd@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

There is a huge difference between a finely tuned V8 with an appropriate muffler versus a gas lawnmower, but to each there own.

Great username btw

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Mr. Monkey subjectively your finely tuned v8 sounds like a 400lb basement dwelling gorilla someone has fed laxatives and recorded from the bottom of a well used coachella porta potty.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I dunno, I’m “team electric is objectively better in every way” but I gotta agree, a fancy tuned racecar engine sounds like angry beast and that’s pretty sexy.

    The jolt of max acceleration of an electric motor in complete silence is also extremely sexy, though.

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