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Physics — Energy Flow: Car Engine

Where the energy in fuel actually goes.

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Car engine energy flowFuel energy100Useful (motion)25Exhaust heat35Cooling system30Friction10Conserved — 100 in, 100 out, across 5 nodes and 4 flows. The widths add up.5 nodes named only by a flow — `Fuel energy`, `Useful (motion)`, `Exhaust heat`, `Cooling system`, `Friction`. They are drawn under the bare id with no label,…Conserved: 100 enters at `Fuel energy` and 100 leaves at `Useful (motion)`, `Exhaust heat`, `Cooling system`, `Friction`, and every one of the 0 nodes between…

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title "Car engine energy flow"
flow "Fuel energy" "Useful (motion)" 25
flow "Fuel energy" "Exhaust heat" 35
flow "Fuel energy" "Cooling system" 30
flow "Fuel energy" "Friction" 10