Does it take more gasoline to run your AirConditioning in your car?

Question

Does it take more gasoline to run your AirConditioning in your car?

Answer 1

Yes, but very little.

Answer 2

Generally yes , but with the newer cars they are wind tunnel tested and designed to the point they get better fuel millage at hi-way speed with the windows up and the A/C on. at speeds lower than 40mph the opposite is true.

Answer 3

yes because the compressor puts a strain on the engine when operating in clutch.

Answer 4

Yes.  Mythbusters is wrong.  

Answer 5

it takes roughly 10 to 14 horsepower to run the air conditioning pump on any typical passenger car of today. Therefor that power must be diverted from your engine and away from the drive train that moves the car down the road. Even if the car is sitting still and running with the a/c on, you are using more fuel than if you were sitting still, engine on with no a/c running. Even electrical devices use fuel because your engine has to turn the alternator to produce the voltage to both run the device and replenish the battery.  

Answer 6

yes

Answer 7

no it doesnt, because the belt is always turning the ac pulley, acctivating the clutch uses no more or less gas

Answer 8

if your saying is any of the gasoline used up,

im not sure but i think so

Answer 9

yes it does require a little more gas to pressurize and circulate the refrigerant in the system, but that compared to driving with the windows down is pretty equal.

Answer 10

Do a search.  This question gets asked here almost daily.