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Old 30th November 2013 | 08:18
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joebanana
 
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Isn't energy proportional to speed squared? 11.2 squared is 125.44 and 2.4 squared is 5.76 which is 1/21st of the energy required. I'm sure it's a lot more complex than this but you get the idea!
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