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Car Shopper: "I'm interested in your ad about the sale on the 2023 F-250 Super Duty XLT. Do you have some in stock?"

Dealership Salesman...er, Salespersonage: "We do! We currently have a dozen of them on the lot with different feature configurations."

Car Shopper: "The 7.3 liter V8 is standard, right?"

Dealership Salespersonage: "It is! It's the most powerful V8 in its class, rated at 430 horsepower and generating 485 lb-ft of torque."

Car Shopper: "What's the average city-driving gas mileage?"

Dealership Salespersonage: "Normal driving conditions and not pulling a load, it averages 32.45 yaddawatts-equivalent of metered carbon emissions."

Car Shopper: "Huh? But it's a gasoline engine, isn't it?"

Dealership Salespersonage: "It is! It's the most powerful gas V8 in its class!"

Car Shopper: "I just need an idea of the miles-per-gallon average."

Dealership Salespersonage: "Under typical driving conditions and not pulling a load, it averages 32.45 yaddawatts-equivalent of metered carbon emissions."

Car Shopper: "No. Miles-per-gallon. I need to know what to expect to budget gasoline use."

Dealership Salespersonage: "I'm terribly sorry. But a recent executive order from President Biden requires us to report only in yaddawatts-equivalent of metered carbon emissions. Of which the amazing F-250 Super Duty XLT averages 32.45!"

Car Shopper: "So what does that mean in terms of how many miles I'll get per gallon of gas?"

Dealership Salespersonage: "Well, it really doesn't mean anything. The measurement of yaddawatts-equivalent of metered carbon emissions doesn't have a direct correspondence to gasoline burned. We don't measure or report on miles-per-gallon anymore. But the really great news is that under President Biden's executive order the nation has seen almost a 7% reduction in yaddawatts-equivalent of metered carbon emissions generated in just the last six months! Isn't that amazing?"