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To: gg cox who wrote (4344)2/25/2008 9:30:58 PM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 16955
 
Will the car have coasted the same distance (all externals being the same) or less?<g>

Good question? And the answer from the engineers and the physicists on the thread?



To: gg cox who wrote (4344)2/26/2008 2:22:20 AM
From: Doren  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 16955
 
This is close.

Think of it this way: You could use wind turbines to slow the car and therefore capture kinetic energy that would normally be wasted.