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I don't think Di Vinci had access to cars in his day.
Originally posted by survivalstation
Originally posted by boncho
reply to post by picrat
I don't know where Shell's data is on the nitrogen enrichment, but I will say that I would rather put that into my car before hooking up some "HHO" or likewise device peddled by crackpots.
And that type of thinking is exactly the reason why the average U.S. car only gets 24MPG. I doubt if Newton, da Vinci, Tesla or Einstein would have thought the same way.
Originally posted by survivalstation
reply to post by boncho
It doesn't matter if he did or not. The point is everyone I named thought "outside the box."
You can cite all the scientifically accepted "laws" you want, as far as I'm concerned, laws were made to be broken.
Originally posted by survivalstation
reply to post by boncho
It doesn't matter if he did or not. The point is everyone I named thought "outside the box."
You can cite all the scientifically accepted "laws" you want, as far as I'm concerned, laws were made to be broken.
Originally posted by boncho
Originally posted by survivalstation
reply to post by boncho
It doesn't matter if he did or not. The point is everyone I named thought "outside the box."
You can cite all the scientifically accepted "laws" you want, as far as I'm concerned, laws were made to be broken.
There is thinking outside the box, and there is, thinking outside of reality. To think outside the box and make new laws you have to understand the current ones, or at least discover something novel that will either be explained by yourself our someone else.
This thread is not about that however, this is a sensationalist thread with bad information in the OP, that ignored facts about the subject matter. Misrepresented information and flat out lies do not help anyone think outside the box.
Originally posted by anumohi
you can vaporize fuel by preheating it and it being sucked through a screen into the intake, but the greatest way to increase fuel efficiency is through gear reduction. the more gears you have the less fuel is required.
also the shorter the stroke and diameter of the piston requires less fuel as well timing.
New engine sends shock waves through auto industry
Researchers at Michigan State University have built a prototype gasoline engine that requires no transmission, crankshaft, pistons, valves, fuel compression, cooling systems or fluids.
The engine has a rotor that's equipped with wave-like channels that trap and mix oxygen and fuel as the rotor spins. These central inlets are blocked off, building pressure within the chamber, causing a shock wave that ignites the compressed air and fuel to transmit energy.
The Wave Disk Generator uses 60 percent of its fuel for propulsion; standard car engines use just 15 percent. Researchers estimate the new model could shave almost 1,000 pounds off a car's weight currently taken up by conventional engine systems.
When you include the actual cost per vehicle, and compare maintenance and repairs, well we're not really any better off are we? The stupidly high fuel price only means that it costs more for me to get anywhere than before.
Yes there has been a lot of changes in motor vehicle production over the last century, but not as much true progress of they would have us believe.
Originally posted by picrat
reply to post by daddio
nitrogen enriched gasoline -i wonder what brain dead moron that works for the oil giant came up with this fanciful farce of an idea.i would like to know how they came up with this brilliant scam of theirs . as it is just another way of fleecing us their customers.
the reason being that i work for a u.s. based food company and we use nitrogen to blanket our cooking oil so that it does not go rancid in the holding tanks .key word here is BLANKET ;meaning that it forms a layer above the oil to keep the air from getting to the oil.
being as that nitrogen is a colorless odorless GAS that floats above a liquid ,how in the hell did they combine the 2 ,the old gag of go to the stockroom and get me a bucket full of air to the new kid on the block,they must think we are as gullible as can be .
Originally posted by survivalstation
Originally posted by boncho
reply to post by picrat
I don't know where Shell's data is on the nitrogen enrichment, but I will say that I would rather put that into my car before hooking up some "HHO" or likewise device peddled by crackpots.
And that type of thinking is exactly the reason why the average U.S. car only gets 24MPG. I doubt if Newton, da Vinci, Tesla or Einstein would have thought the same way.