Posted on 01/12/2023 2:25:21 AM PST by fluorescence
Estonia is planning to implement a directive that will require fuel retailers to display how much it costs to cover a 100-kilometre journey with each fuel, writes Äripäev.
Thus, petrol stations will be obliged to display in euros the financial cost for an "average vehicle" of a 100-kilometre journey. The wider aim is to encourage drivers to buy more environmentally friendly vehicles.
The ministry of the economy said the need for the amendment was due to the interpretation of the Alternative Fuels Implementation Directive, which aims to inform consumers about the cost per kilometre of a vehicle using different fuels, depending on the type of fuel and the size of the car.
It’s a good thing I like math.
The STUPIDITY ABOUNDS.
Does the ‘average vehicle’ include semi-trailers, motorcycles, ATV’s, and mopeds?
If not, it’s not an ‘average vehicle’; if so, it’s a totally useless number.
So a Prius gets the same mileage as my hemi ram. What math can one conjure up to look at the kilometers per gallon you get. One needs the miles driven on one’s particular vehicle and the amount of fuel used to figure mileage
There is no average vehicle. The MPG for a vehicle depend on a lot of factors. It is not a useful number to post on a pump. They know this.
For quite some time now the Euroweenies have been required to publish the fuel economy of ICE vehicles in “litres per 100 kilometres” rather than mpg or kilometres per litre. So if a driver knows his car’s advertised L/100km is 20, and the advertised figure is 25 L/100km, they can make a rough estimate of the fuel cost for a given trip.
None of which changes the fact that, like the metric system itself, this is more an exercise in behavior modification and unquestioning compliance with government authority than saving the planet (which isn’t in any danger anyway).
So if my F-150 costs more per 100 kilometers than the sign said, the gas station will refund me the difference?
None of this ever happened. People at this paper just got all drunk at a colleague’s birthday and had a terrible hangover and let the intern write an article.
Estonia is the most anti-communist country in Europe and perhaps the world.
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