Originally Posted by
asgelle
It would not. I don't see how potential energy relates to finishing in style (to use your definition) and it certainly isn't the only form of energy considered in the correct one.
Have we abandoned physics now, too, along with our HRMs? If you have a mountaintop finish, potential energy is the goal. And the quicker one can have it, the better. I think they say that the person who acquires it the fastest "wins."
The whole notion of efficiency is to have a good ratio in the conversion from one form of energy to another. If you're denying that now, too, I think this discussion has reached its limit.