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Correction for the size of a Car Gas Tank

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How big is 4,000,000 acre feet?
It's about 65,000,000,000 times as big as a Car Gas Tank
The size of a Car Gas Tank is about 0.00006140 acre feet.
(for 2009 Ford Taurus)
A car gas tank (for example, that of a 2009 Ford Taurus) holds 0.00006140 acre feet of gas. In contrast, the Curved Dash Oldsmobile — the first mass-produced car — had a fuel capacity of just 0.00001620 acre feet.
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