Multiple Choice
Conventional automobile efficiencies cannot conceivably be higher than about 25%, even with perfect engineering. This is due to
A) air resistance plus road friction.
B) road friction.
C) the law of conservation of energy.
D) the second law of thermodynamics.
E) frictional loses inside the car plus unburned hydrocarbons.
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