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I like supersonic jets from the perspective of commercial air travel, but knowing that it uses considerably more fuel bothers me as someone who cares about the environment.
The faster you go in any transport, the more energy it uses. It's not just about the sound barrier. Kinetic energy follows the square of the velocity. Every doubling of the speed requires 4x the energy
Power necessary to counter air resistance also varies with velocity cubed, so... yeah.
Do I even want to know what that equation looks like
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