Re: Bicycles, trucks, trains

[Lois Breur Krause <krause@CLEMSON.EDU>]

> On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 14:23:54 -0500 Clarence Bennett <bennett@OAKLAND.EDU>
> writes:
> > I wish I could figure out why my Volvo wagon usually needs fuel after
> > about  300 miles when I stay near home, but when I drive across the
> > country, over  the Rockies, with the air cooler running, and going 70
> mph, it goes
> > as much  as 400 miles on a tankful.
>
> Is it possible that your trip over the Rockies is mostly down hill??>

come on guys, you get better gas mileage under "highway" conditions.  the
greatest inefficiency is changing speed, which is avoided in steady speed
conditions, regardless (relatively) of what that speed is.
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