What's the fastest can ever take your Scirocco? - more numbers

[jlagnese at massed.net (John S. Lagnese)]

Wow, someone smart enough to contradict Einstein!!!
Light is energy, hence no mass. Old Al did say that as speed approached mass
would increase.
----- Original Message -----
From: "L F" <rocco16v@netzero.net>
To: "Aaron" <aaron@brixtonhill.demon.co.uk>; "Scirocco Mailing List"
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: What's the fastest can ever take your Scirocco? - more numbers


No, Aaron.
Mass does not increase with velocity.  If it did, then the converse would be
true, i.e. mass would decrease with a decrease in velocity.  Hence, an item
traveling at zero velocity would have minimal mass and if that item were
backing up fast enough, it would have NO mass.

Seriously, if mass increased according to its velocity, then light would
have a BUNCH of mass.  Yet, as we know, light does not have mass, even at
186,000m/sec.
 If your 'Roc's mass increased as the velocity increased, tell me, where
does that increased mass come from?  (Okay, Ron, you can delete the comment
about "bugs on the windshield")  Increased energy it DOES acquire, but not
increased mass.
Don't know where that idea comes from, Aaron, but it makes an interesting
theory, kinda' like the "the faster you go, the slower time goes" Ha.   To
both I say, "show me the proof".

Larry
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Aaron
  To: Scirocco Mailing List ; L F
  Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 3:39 PM
  Subject: Re: What's the fastest can ever take your Scirocco? - more
numbers


  No, Larry - Julie is correct

  Mass increases with velocity - which is why it's impossible to hit the
  speed of light (no matter how many valves you have). The faster you go,
  the more energy you need to accelerate further, exponentially. Until
  you reach the point that you need infinite energy in order to
  accelerate an infinite mass.

  You are correct that energy increases with velocity - this is common
  sense. A mass with velocity has kinetic energy. This is the energy
  which rips your car apart when you wipe out.

  Aaron in London



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