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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw
The formula you gave is for (kinetic) energy, ie that is the energy of a vehicle with mass m and speed v. Much better would be to use F=ma. Acceleration a has time in it (time squared, actually), so the greater the acceleration, the more fuel had to be burned to produce enough more force.
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Sorry, this is not correct. There is no relation between force and fuel use.
Perhaps I should have mentioned I'm a physicist. Because I am :-)