--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_y..., "~Corwyn" <Corwyn_Talia_at_m...> wrote:
> A TURBINE that gets milage like that off of PROPANE?! And it can
> do so at 150 MPH?!
>
I'd be a lot more surprised if it could do it at 50 MPH... Fuel
Efficiency goes up as the Carbon-to-Hydrogen ratio goes down...
Methane and Ethane are much more efficient than Propane, for example,
it's just that at some point you run into storage problems, so
Propane is a compromise in that regard... Jet Fighters burn
*kerosine*, you see... Highly refined kerosine, but kerosine
nonetheless... Much higher ratio of Carbon...
>
> If the girls can build an engine like that and make it fit a semi-
> standard motorcycle frame, then I can't understand why the little
> engineering masters aren't making a mint off of the superior brain
> power they posses. Because I for one KNOW the navy would pay out
> the rear for something like that.
>
Aren't you overlooking the obvious...? They probably got the engine
by finding some nerdy guy who was developing it, and screwing his
brains out in exchange for a prototype...
>
> Of course, they'd be hunted down by the auto-manufacturers and oil
> barons of the world and either bribed hugely to keep it quiet or
> have a price on their heads.
>
Not really... Propane is already more efficient than Gasoline...
It's just that Gasoline is easier to store, and so much easier to
buy...
Received on Wed May 15 2002 - 09:38:18 CDT