Acceleration is *power* intensive, not necessarily energy intensive. You need (1...

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Acceleration is power intensive, not necessarily energy intensive. You need (1/2)mv^2 to reach a given velocity, regardless of how much time is spent. If rapid acceleration happens to be less efficient, then that's just an engineering problem.