danny burstein wrote:
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> In <6873tiF2qqt28U2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Greg Goss <gossg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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writes:
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> >I don't know the details of the old Stanley design, but there were a
> >lot of very skilled people working on steam cars in the seventies.
> >The fact that none of them got gas mileage anywhere near what ICEs can
> >produce seemed to be pretty convincing.
>
> Even if they don't get the mileage of our beloved Insights,
> they have the very big advantage of being external combustion
> engines, so to speak, and can burn just about aything.
>
Of course nothing stops an ICE from "burning just about anything"
too if you add an external gasifier to the mix. I only wonder about
steam engines in auto accidents. First you have the mechanism that
makes the steam, admittedly similar in threat to the above
gasifier, but you've also got high pressure steam.
--
"Question, two men starving to death decide to eat their hair like
spaghetti. Is that funny?"
"Hmmm, well, it depends on if by funny you want to make people
laugh."
-+Eddie Izzard and Joanna Lumley, "The Cat's Meow"
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