Re: The magic of a Prius automobile

On Jul 24, 9:43 pm, "Androcles" <Engin...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In fact if you drive to minimise your mpg at any instant, it DOES
minimise the overall fuel consumption. Drive slowly. (Try it).
You don't seem to know what a fact is, but it is a fact that
less fuel is used per mile at low speed than at high speed,
because E = 1/2 mv^2.
The faster you go, the more energy is needed. In fact.

What I said was: if your goal is to accelerate
to a certain speed (let's say 50mph), you use
less fuel (per distance covered) by accelerating
briskly to 50, than by accelerating slowly to 50.

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