>Also, 100-50 mph braking is *very* tough on the brakes. Do the math.
>Kinetic energy increases by the square of the velocity. A 100-50 mph
>braking only has 133% more energy than 100-0 mph braking.
Umm, 133% more? Braking from 100-50 involves 75% of the emergy as 100-0,
right? (100*100 - 50*50) / (100*100) :) If you've produced some system
that makes it so that you can get more energy from a 100-50 run than a
100-0 run, that'd have a lot of scary implications. Basically, the rules
of thermodynamics are reversed and the universe is colapsing. ;)
Even that isn't entirely true. At the speeds we all drive, the brake
rotors are getting SMALLER as we go faster...at least in one dimension.
You really need relativity to explain the kinetics of a 16v VW.
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