I must confess I've been thinking about the flat earth theory quite a lot in the last days, and as an RE believer, I must say it is surprisingly solid. Yet, one question surfaced that I couldn't find an answer to in the FE theory. Therefore, I'd like to hear your take on the following.
Looking at the FE map of the world, it is obvious that the landmasses are being distorted quite heavily compared to the soil shown on the round globe of the RE folk. Thus, travelling distances and times should vary quite a lot (depending on where you go and where you came from though) between the systems. This is partly covered in the FAQ, which states that the simulated GPS has an inbuilt workaround that fools the electronic systems of planes and such about their actual position, thus, differences are being simulated when there actually are none.
However, there are systems that measure the length of my travel locally, such as the mile counter of my car. Since my car is not dictated by a global system and is incapable of working around actual travel distances since it doesn't know where I am or where I'm going, it displays the distances that are actually covered. These distances however only concur with the maps of the RE earth, but do not work with the FE model.
Does the FET have an explanation for this?