Forum: General Fuel Topics
06-22-2007, 06:11 PM
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The derby analogy only applies if you are...
The derby analogy only applies if you are fortunate enough to drive downhill everywhere you go.
I had a girlfriend once that use to jog a circular route around her neighborhood and claimed it was...
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
06-22-2007, 02:51 PM
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Another real world consideration is that real...
Another real world consideration is that real driving can never be pure pulse and glide... there will be some amount of steady state, engine load cruising, and don't think for a minute that you are...
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
06-22-2007, 02:47 PM
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Yeah, I know, this is desperately starting to...
Yeah, I know, this is desperately starting to sound like a perpetual motion argument. Sure a 100 HP engine in a 50 lb car probably won't do any better than in a 100 lb car, because the waste energy...
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
06-22-2007, 01:21 PM
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
06-22-2007, 11:09 AM
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ok, I am dense, dense, dense on this.......
ok, I am dense, dense, dense on this.... Intuition tells me you are all right and I am missing something.
So the argument is, even though it does take more energy in the greater mass case, you can...
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
06-22-2007, 10:03 AM
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Replies: 59
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
06-22-2007, 05:59 AM
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
06-21-2007, 03:59 PM
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Replies: 59
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
06-21-2007, 03:55 PM
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
06-21-2007, 12:33 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 7,486
Doesn't conservation of energy prohibit this? ...
Doesn't conservation of energy prohibit this? You cannot accelerate any mass and decelerate it in such a manner as to gain energy or keep it a constant, you will only lose it.
So while it seems...
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