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Old 01-10-2012, 11:34 PM   #30
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Also... Just for a usable reference...

If you're traveling at 120MPH.. You're moving at 176ft/s..

For you Football people..

That's 58.6667 yards/sec ----

So.. Think of how much energy you're carrying with you in a 3860 lb car at those speeds..
Why think, just calculate it. 25.192 KJ of energy. So, if that was used over one second, that would be 25.192 KW of power.
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