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Originally Posted by twuelfing
since power required to overcome drag increases as the cube of the relative air speed you will never gain as much from a tail wind as you lose from a head wind.
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I love it when someone actually injects a discussion of the applicable physics into these kinds of conversations. It's okay to have a few generalizations, but it's always best to get back to the basic physics to understand what's going on. The fluid dynamics of a car moving over roads are pretty much independent of the kind of propulsion used to make the car move, but overlooking them is a mistake.