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cbd1984 on Jan 22, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: The rise of fake engine noise

Every joule which goes into making noise is a joule which isn't being used to make the machinery go.

_ofdw on Jan 22, 2015 [–]

The energy lost to sound is minimal, and often there simply isn't an economic way to prevent those losses without reducing performance.

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