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Question by nick
Submitted on 1/6/2004
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what are the effects of speed on the use of gasoline in cars?

Answer by whitevette
Submitted on 8/3/2004
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Hmmm.... If I understand your question correctly, ... The speed tends to use the gasoline faster(NOT speed).... Seriously, higher vehicle speed(velocity) creats a higher pressure on the front of the vehicle(the Pitot effect), requiring more "gas pedal" (more gas flow) than would be expected. In other words, the INCREASE in pressure is exponential(not linear)with a linear increase in vehicle(plane,car,boat,bullet,etc.) speed;ie, it takes 4 times the power (and gas ) to increase a car's speed just twice! OK?

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