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echo: barktopus
to: Don Hills
from: Geo
date: 2006-05-05 20:31:44
subject: Re: Record fuel prices in the UK

From: "Geo" 

"Don Hills"  wrote in message
news:y5xWEtgaXeXH092yn{at}attglobal.net...

> That's 50% more. 50% further per gallon. Different viewpoint, that's all.

Even with the distance I drive $2600 in gas, that's only $900 per year
difference. I get that in resale value alone.

> That only tells part of the story, though. The power required to overcome
> drag increases as the cube of the speed increase.

Ok, so if you go from 125mph to 140mph, what is the % increase in power required?

Geo.

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