re: Start driving west at noon: How far do you get before sunset?

Yeah but how many miles would you drive in an hour at that speed?

About an hour west of Amarillo

Trick question



Owlfan isn’t allowed to cross state borders

Drove across northern New York state one long summer evening 20 years ago. Heading from Montreal to Dayton. We left around 2:00PM EST and fricking drove forever before it finally got dark. Don’t remember exactly where, but it felt like the sun would never go down. Obviously, our latitude had a lot to do with it, but the westward drive held off sunset for a good while.

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Owlfan isn’t allowed to cross state borders

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International borders weren’t a problem for him

Are you going over/under 100 mph? Need to calculate fuel stops and need to know if I’m running at peak efficiency

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I don’t know how far, but at 120 mph my gas mileage will be amazing
You're actually gaining gas at that speed.

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we're so diverse we passed stupid into genius

Assuming I’m on the interstate, about 550 miles. My car drives itself as long as I stay awake and my hand is on the steering wheel.

The Earth rotates 1,000 miles per hour, so if you average 75 mph then you are only making a difference of around 7.5%. That's maybe 30 minutes extra, compared to the person that stays home.

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The Earth rotates 1,000 miles per hour, so if you average 75 mph then you are only making a difference of around 7.5%. That's maybe 30 minutes extra, compared to the person that stays home.

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At the equator. At the rotational poles, the earth's rotation on its axis does not cause the surface of the Earth to move at all relative to the terminator. That point's motion relative to the terminator is solely due to the Earth's revolution around the sun. The farther you get from the poles and the closer you get to the equator, the faster you travel toward the terminator due to the Earth's rotation, but the longer the path you trace out as the Earth rotates gets.

Your latitude matters immensely.