>>> Craig Baltzer <Craig.Baltzer@Anjura.COM> 10/22 10:58 PM >>>
>Sorry Bill, but I think you're missing a basic law of physics here;
>there can be no change in state (speed) without energy being added to
>the system (combustion) or subtracted (friction). So if you remove the
>"add" (combustion), there is no way that momentium will make it go any
>faster than it is at the point the power is removed as there is no new
>energy in the system. As the prev. poster states, there is no such thing
>as "conservation of acceleration"...
>
>Craig
Quite true, and you can try it yourself if you like. Start accellerating your truck as hard as you like, then watch the speedometer and let go of the accelerator. No matter how fast the truck was accelerating as soon as you stop giving it gas it will no longer accelerate. (It will keep moving, of course, but it won't go any faster)
Brett
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