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November 28th 07, 12:36 AM
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Electric Car? How about a Compressed Air Car?
"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com wrote in message
news:sOOdnfvCNLWpO9nanZ2dnUVZ_remnZ2d@wideopenwest .com... ... I don't have the numbers in front of me, but in urban driving a significant portion of the gasoline energy is expended by the brakes (10-15%? - I used to have a chart on the wall at my desk, but I don't remember the numbers - sorry) Ok, I looked it up - the "typical" car puts about 6% of the gasoline energy into the brakes on the US EPA urban cycle. -- Geoff The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate. 
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