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re: US Navy 'game-changer': converting seawater into fuel
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:47 pm to Sleeping Tiger
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:47 pm to Sleeping Tiger
quote:
The Model T was built to run on easily renewable resources
Like what?Ethynol?You have to be kidding to call it
a renewable source when it actually cost more fuel than it produces.
Good lord the reason gasoline works is because it's the most efficiant way to power an automobile.Don't ya think for one second if there was a better alternative someone would've
marketed or produced it?
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Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:50 pm to RD Dawg
quote:Original diesel engine ran on peanut oil. No real processing necessary. Problem is that it was too viscous. So, they modified the fuel source rather than making a more robust engine.
Good lord the reason gasoline works is because it's the most efficiant way to power an automobile.Don't ya think for one second if there was a better alternative someone would've
marketed or produced it?
vegetable oil is on par with gasoline as far as BTU/lb is concerned.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 6:22 pm to RD Dawg
quote:
Like what?Ethynol?You have to be kidding to call it
a renewable source when it actually cost more fuel than it produces.
Actually it ran on Hemp Oil.
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