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Old 10-31-2009, 09:01 PM   #116 (permalink)
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Aerodynamics are very effective (check out the AeroCivic), but no major auto company is looking much into it. So does that mean aerodynamics is snake oil?
No. Aerodynamics is an actual science that doesn't claim to violate the laws of physics or thermodynamics.
The automotive manufacturers seem to be trying to balance aerodynamics with aesthetics that the public will buy.
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The presence of traffic is the single most complicating factor of hypermiling. I know what I'm going to do, it's contending with whatever the hell all these other people are going to do that makes things hard.
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