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re: US Navy 'game-changer': converting seawater into fuel
Posted on 4/8/14 at 5:35 pm to RD Dawg
Posted on 4/8/14 at 5:35 pm to RD Dawg
quote:Rudolph Diesel. Otto engine company. You know, the early developers of the compression ignition engine.
Who's "they"?
quote:in the days of the first diesel engine? about 2 that had standardized manufacturing processes.
Do you how many automobile companies there were in early stages of the industry?
quote:You think it was cheaper to produce gasoline than to crush peanuts?
I imagine it was cheaper at the time to produce gasoline than vegtable oil
quote:oh. Now I see what is happening here. You're an idiot.
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)
I wasn't commenting on the merits of one or the other, just saying that other liquid hydrocarbons have similar energy value. It was a strategic choice by early manufacturers to focus on petro-based hydrocarbons. That was what they chose, and we have all benefited from it. You had to go and make this all dumb and political.
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Posted on 4/8/14 at 5:58 pm to Spirit of Dunson
You responded to my post about the Model T with a post about the original diesel engine.WTF does one have to do with the other?
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Looks like you have the market cornered
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You're an idoit
Looks like you have the market cornered
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