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Old 03-19-2015, 10:11 PM   #43
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I recall reading in a Thermodynamics textbook this past Spring that the optimum speed for fuel efficiency is 55mph (typically) and then fuel efficiency decreases 10% every 5mph higher you go.
Yep. Why do you think that the U.S. highway speed limit was 55 mph during the 70's and early 80's? Gas crisis.
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