Re: How to Convert Your Car/Truck to Run on WATER! (((DON'T MISS)))

On Sun, 04 May 2008 19:06:13 -0600, Greg Goss <gossg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>danny burstein <dannyb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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.
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>>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.
>
>There was also a lot of talk about Stirlings and other bizarre engines
>in that time period.  If you had a run-off just among external
>combustion engines, would steam beat a Stirling?

From the standpoint of torque, I think they would.