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xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas (xkcd.com)
submitted 2 months ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 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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[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 6 points 2 months ago

Approximately nobody is saying you should sell your 2020 compensator for scrap, in fact the general consensus is that the best thing you can do is keep your current ride in good repair as long as you can.

You don't have to invent boogeyman just because you have a weird parasocial relationship with big oil.