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To: SolomoninSouthDakota

Power is proportional to velocity cubed.

Drag is proportional to velocity squared.

141 mph is twice as big a wind load as 100 mph.

1,249 posted on 08/28/2005 10:41:25 PM PDT by John Jamieson (Hybrids are a highway around CAFE, that's all they're good for.)

To: John Jamieson

Thanks; I see now it's the drag factor that is key.

1,265 posted on 08/28/2005 10:44:19 PM PDT by SolomoninSouthDakota (Daschle is gone.)

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