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Where does the rest go to? Aren’t the pipes and hoses leak free? Seems like an easy win

Thermodynamics places limits on heat engine efficiency. For a gasoline engine it is about 35%.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnot%27s_theorem_(thermody...

Wasted heat.

Ahh, I thought he was talking about the actual fuel instead of the watts

Joules (energy), not watts (power.)

Nah, it's still true for the watts.

Don't forget sound!

Heat

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