Don't bet on it. He probably meant inversely proportional.

"Rod" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 00:40:02 +0100 (CET), Nomen Nescio
> > wrote:
>
> >Energy requirements are inversely proportional to weight,
> >no matter how tricked out the powerplants are.
> >
> snip
>
> I think you mean to say "Energy requirements are directly
> proportional to weight " etc.
>
> Rod