California Energy Commission studies stealing energy from cars and trucks.

[Ruken]

@Nametag

"I said “both of your presentations are wrong.” In other words: cite for “per vehicle per hour” meaning “per (vehicle per hour)” and not the far more rational “per vehicle, per hour”?

The citation is the paper we’re discussing that you apparently didn’t read.

[Surreal]

@Ruken

I think we’re dealing with a words-only-have-the-one-meaning-I-think-they-should-have obtuseness one often observes in the mildly autistic, like my cousin who exhibits this trait.

Agreed, although I’m not sure about “mildly” part. Derleth also objects when people using the term “chemical” to describe things in ordinary conversation because technically everything is composed of chemicals:

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16246911&postcount=24

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14855797&postcount=29

Too stupid for words.

[Kobal2]

@Kimstu

Follow-up question: davidm, can you guess what would happen if a moving car weren’t transmitting energy to the road it was traveling on?

I sense a hypothetical treadmill looming. I’m watching you :mad:.