Hi Charlie
On (13 Oct 97) Charlie Young wrote to Alec Cameron...
 CY> > TV receiver efficiency is very low...
 CY> > Like, total efficiency  ...  5%
 CY> > The surest way to save big on energy for an auto...
 CY> > Drive at lower speeds. Cut the engine during major delays...
During the first Oil Crisis, new autos in Japan were provided with engine
cutouts [automatic] so that if the car was stationary for longer than a
certain time, then the engine would stop.
Pushing the gas pedal later, would automatically restart the engine. This
interesting [but unpopular?!] trick cut pollution and saved gas.
I don't have to tell you of the disadvantages of the scheme!!
 CY> I have ridden a bicycle a lot of miles in my younger days.
 CY> It was easy to learn to conserve energy by mostly coasting to
 CY> a stop instead of pedalling full speed and suddenly stopping.
I too was a cyclist, kept a graph on the wall so as to achieve 100- 200 miles
travel, each week. As you say, one learns a bit about energy conservation!
Cheers.......ALEC
... ........The hasty and the slow meet at the ferry
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