Comments on: The 17 pound laptop battery http://www.financialaidnews.com/news/the-17-pound-laptop-battery/ Student financial aid blog and news from the Student Loan Network Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:40:01 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Jean-Pierre Martineau http://www.financialaidnews.com/news/the-17-pound-laptop-battery/comment-page-1/#comment-15551 Jean-Pierre Martineau Tue, 06 May 2008 19:12:25 +0000 http://www.financialaidnews.com/2008/05/06/the-17-pound-laptop-battery/#comment-15551 "A friend on Twitter, Daniel Ho, informed me that the alternator in a car more or less generates electricity whether or not you use it, as a byproduct of the engine running. This means that for every gallon of gas, if I’m not in some way using that electricity, it’s kind of wasted." You friend is wrong. The more load you place on the alternator, the harder it is to turn, which in turn increases gas consumption. Sorry to burst your bubble. “A friend on Twitter, Daniel Ho, informed me that the alternator in a car more or less generates electricity whether or not you use it, as a byproduct of the engine running. This means that for every gallon of gas, if I’m not in some way using that electricity, it’s kind of wasted.”

You friend is wrong. The more load you place on the alternator, the harder it is to turn, which in turn increases gas consumption. Sorry to burst your bubble.

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