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Engineering the World’s Fastest Cars with Jason Fenske

StarTalk Radio

CHAPTER

The Miles Per Gallon Is a Real Phenomenon

I had a car where you could see what your instantaneous miles per gallon was. And as I got closer and closer, I'm on a level road now and I was getting 24 miles per gallon,. As I got closer, it then said 28 miles per gallon, 30, 35, 50, 100, infinity. When he was within 12 feet of the back door of the car, I created a perpetual motion in that level. It was like, holy shit, I'm using no energy right now, but now I can't just text my friend to tell him that because I'll die if the truck stops short.

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