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> > Does anyone out there have any Info or intresting thoughts of the relationship between US speed limits in relation to fluctuating gas prices.
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> > If so please write back, Thank you
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> Well, I do know that when you drive faster you burn up fuel faster. If you go slower you will use less gas to travel the same distance. I learned this from military commericals on the one goverment run american station you can get in Europe. I can't remeber the name for the station, they change it on a regular basses anyway.
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That's close to what I've heard but slightly different. Although it would be true that one car travelling at 80 mph would run out of gas in a shorter distance than an identical one travelling at 50, it does not mean that one doing 10mph would go even further (eventually). I heard that there's an optimum speed in which you're receiving your best speed at the best mileage, somewhere around 35-45, depending heavily on the car itself.
If you were to graph it, it would look like an arch with the mileage increasing slightly in the lower speeds until you reach the apex, then a steeper slope in the higher speeds.

What does this have to do with Aaron's question? Pretty much nothing.
Where does my information come from? A class I took once after I got a speeding ticket touched on this briefly. It seemed to make sense.

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