Guide to fuel conservation

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

That was true in SH3, because the battery recharge only took around 3 hours. Now they take around 7 hours (give or take an hour). The 6-7 hour recharge being more realistic of course.

There's also plain physics involved. If you burn diesel to charge your battery for the energy value of 100 kilowatts, then you will not charge your battery for 100 kilowatts. A lot of energy (as much as 50%) will be lost in the form of heat, friction (resistance in the .

So, the cycle looks like this:
- you start with a full battery and you use up 50 Kilowatts to transport yourself 50 miles.
- you then need to burn a 100 kilowatt to recharge your batteries (50% energy loss)
- so, you actually used up twice the amount of diesel to cover those 50 miles then you would have had to use if you'd run on the surface.

Conclusion: running submerged is very inefficient due to the way the recharge process works.