From: johnl@iecc.com   
      
   >> It'll just take longer...   
   >   
   >Fuel economy tips, e.g. from the Car Talk guys, always say to avoid jackrabbit   
   >starts   
      
   I think that's about the way gasoline engines work.  When you   
   accelerate hard there's likely to be unburned fuel in the exhaust.   
   Also, unless you have a hybrid there's no regnerative braking so when   
   you slow down all the energy is wasted as heat.   
      
   On the other hand for electric trains it seems unlikely there would be   
   unburned electrons no matter what.  I suppose at some rate of   
   acceleration the wheels would slip but I presume we're well below that   
   range.   
      
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