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Subject:Re: How much fuel efficiency gained by shedding 300 lbs?
From:John Bange
Date:Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:59:43 -0700

> so by that logic a 1 pound Tear dropped shaped object has the same wind
> resistance as a 6 ton flat brick.

No, by that logic a 1 pound tear-drop object has the same wind
resistance as a 6 ton tear-drop object of the same size and shape.
Now, getting that 6 tons up to 60mph will take a lot more energy, but
KEEPING it at 60mph only has to overcome the same wind resistance the
1 pound one has to overcome.

> note: our vans more closely resemble the brick :)

A hollow brick has no more wind resistance than a solid brick of the
same size and shape.