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re: US Navy 'game-changer': converting seawater into fuel
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:50 pm to RD Dawg
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.
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Posted on 4/8/14 at 5:12 pm to Spirit of Dunson
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so they modified the fuel source instead of creating a more robust engine
Who's "they"? Do you how many automobile companies there were in early stages of the industry? And NO ONE could come up with a more robust engine that ran on vegtable oil that was cost efficient?
I imagine it was cheaper at the time to produce gasoline than vegtable oil OR gasoline was still a more powerful fuel.
Sorry,not buying it especialliy in the days before the EPA exsisted and they weren't blending and regulating the industries to death (both oil and automobile)
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