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.
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.
"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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ExtremeDullard@piefed.social · 53 pts · 364d
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.
dmention7@midwest.social · 20 pts · 363d
But how can electricity if not burn fossil fuel??
Agent641@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 363d
Batteries are woke and communist.
4grams@awful.systems · 7 pts · 363d
I've got a feeling this guys mind is blown several times each day. Someone should show him how a magnet sticks to some things but not others.
pulsewidth@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 363d
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.
potoo22@programming.dev · 36 pts · 364d
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
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 23 pts · 363d
"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."
DaddleDew@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 364d
Somehow I imagine that he has purposefully modified his phone to have a huge battery and run as inefficiently as possible.
Unleaded8163@fedia.io · 20 pts · 364d
His phone is rolling coal
Blaster_M@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 363d
Nah, his phone has a ripcord on it because the battery is replaced with a very tiny model v8 generator and a nitro tank to fuel it.
sawdustprophet@midwest.social · 4 pts · 363d
An apt description.
athos@bolha.one · 5 pts · 364d
Imhotep@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 364d
I don't follow
Imhotep@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 364d
mrus@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 355d