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Old 08-09-2013, 04:07 PM   #28 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by briank View Post
45) While the title of 45) is good, the explanation is confusing. I maintain it doesn't take much less energy to accelerate a vehicle when it's already traveling compared to when it's stopped.

It takes about the same energy to accelerate a car from 60 to 61 mph as it does to accelerate a car from 0 to 10 mph.
thats the point...even though it doesnt take much less energy to go from 60-61 vs 0-10...it still takes less
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