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Old 20-07-2010, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by sjastro View Post
Fuel consumption is analogous to the biological aging of the passengers on the train. In other words the passengers will age at a "normal" rate in the train's frame of reference irrespective of it's speed.
So you would be adding fuel according to the time of travel of the train not on the time that has elapsed on Earth.
I thought so too at first, but that would mean less fuel is consumed the faster the train goes... surely not?
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