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To: cuban leaf

Don’t forget that a gasoline engine is terribly inefficient. Combustion produces heat, not motion. You have to convert that heat into motion, which is not very favorable.


27 posted on 09/30/2011 9:40:16 AM PDT by dangus
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To: dangus

—Combustion produces heat, not motion.—

Thanks. I completely forgot about that. It’s the same problem incandescent light bulbs have - they are excellent heaters but only a so-so light source.


52 posted on 09/30/2011 10:42:34 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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