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[–] 48 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Just wait until he discovers that the truck has a battery and can charge the phone with the engine turned off. It's gonna blow his mind.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    Looks like an older Ford maybe? Can almost guarantee that truck has a 12v always-on ('hot') accessory socket somewhere, or an always-on USB socket. He wouldn't even need to have the key switched onto Accessory in the ignition to charge his phone via one of those sockets - let alone running the engine.

    Edit: I forgot though. Reading the manual is for nerds.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Assuming a conservative 0.5 gallons per hour at idle. A gallon of unleaded gasoline has ~153,000 watt hours of energy. At 20% extraction efficiency, that's 30,600 wh. That's 15,300 watts being burned to charge a phone. A typical phone charger uses 5-20 watts.

    Edit: updated numbers to use 20% efficiency

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Somehow I imagine that he has purposefully modified his phone to have a huge battery and run as inefficiently as possible.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago

    "Not really worried about gas prices, no. Just saying I'm worried to blame Biden for it. Once we have Republican president I will forget about it. Same with eggs."

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  • [+] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)