Comments on: Will Grading Cars Dispell or Enhance “MPG Illusion”? http://www.globalwarming.org/2010/09/02/will-grading-cars-dispell-or-enhance-%e2%80%9cmpg-illusion%e2%80%9d/ Climate Change News & Analysis Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:41:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Tomhttp://www.globalwarming.org/2010/09/02/will-grading-cars-dispell-or-enhance-%e2%80%9cmpg-illusion%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-38069 Tom Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:48:55 +0000 http://www.openmarket.org/?p=31343#comment-38069 A++ and A+++, I should say. As ever, I was confused by having an English education.You know what I mean though. A++ and A+++, I should say. As ever, I was confused by having an English education.

You know what I mean though.

]]> By: Tomhttp://www.globalwarming.org/2010/09/02/will-grading-cars-dispell-or-enhance-%e2%80%9cmpg-illusion%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-38068 Tom Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:47:14 +0000 http://www.openmarket.org/?p=31343#comment-38068 I have always found fuel per unit distance far more meaningful myself, as it happens, rather than its reciprocal. I was surprised not to see the word reciprocal mentioned here.I think you could have saved a thousand words with a picture here! Graphs don't frighten people that much, you know! At least, not the way wordy arithmetic does.Good article though. Good point. The difference between an A and a B matters more to most people than a B versus a C. I also notice that the distance per unit mile still appears only once on the proposed label, as compared with three instances of MPG, and doesn't give separate figures for cities and highways.When technology improves, will there be A**s and A***s? Clearly, this sequence is backwards. Rather than school grades they should make it analogous to cup sizes of bras.You know it makes sense. I have always found fuel per unit distance far more meaningful myself, as it happens, rather than its reciprocal. I was surprised not to see the word reciprocal mentioned here.

I think you could have saved a thousand words with a picture here! Graphs don’t frighten people that much, you know! At least, not the way wordy arithmetic does.

Good article though. Good point. The difference between an A and a B matters more to most people than a B versus a C. I also notice that the distance per unit mile still appears only once on the proposed label, as compared with three instances of MPG, and doesn’t give separate figures for cities and highways.

When technology improves, will there be A**s and A***s? Clearly, this sequence is backwards. Rather than school grades they should make it analogous to cup sizes of bras.

You know it makes sense.

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