>>A couple years ago an Israeli company was working on zinc or magnesium
>>"fuel" systems for motor vehicles. The additional weight would be
>>like an additional person in the vehicle -- not a biggie. The real
>>problem was it would require an infrastructure, governmental action,
>>etc. to be practical for road transportation.

>>I posted that it would be easier to prototype the system with
>>something that never went very far and always returned to a home base
>>where the oxides could be collected and sent for reprocessing.

>>After it's demonstrated then it could be pushed for motor vehicles.

> Problem with prototyping it for short distance runs is that it might
> not scale up for long distances

> A few laymen can get _some_ kind of understanding of thermo.  The
> anchor of NPR for example, has figured out how to avoid saying stupid
> things on the subject.
>
> But if most people try to fake knowledge of thermo, they will out
> themselves in a few lines.
>
> Here it's one line:
>

>>>A couple years ago an Israeli company was working on zinc or magnesium
>>>"fuel" systems for motor vehicles. The additional weight would be
>>>like an additional person in the vehicle -- not a biggie. The real
>>>problem was it would require an infrastructure, governmental action,
>>>etc. to be practical for road transportation.
>>>I posted that it would be easier to prototype the system with
>>>something that never went very far and always returned to a home base
>>>where the oxides could be collected and sent for reprocessing.
>>>After it's demonstrated then it could be pushed for motor vehicles.

>> Problem with prototyping it for short distance runs is that it might ...

> This thread reminds me of a comic: http://xkcd.com/451/
>
> I thought it was hilarious, but my wife (not an engineer) didn't get
> it...

>> This thread reminds me of a comic:http://xkcd.com/451/

>> I thought it was hilarious, but my wife (not an engineer) didn't get
>> it...

> Wow, I like that guy's stuff. �Have you shown your wife #162?

>>> This thread reminds me of a comic:http://xkcd.com/451/
>>> I thought it was hilarious, but my wife (not an engineer) didn't get
>>> it...

>> Wow, I like that guy's stuff. Have you shown your wife #162?

>
> I'm still trying to back calculate the title of the Harliquin romance
> novel that inspired her theory that scaling up adiabatic engine
> systems could be a problem.
>
> Bret Cahill

>

>>>A couple years ago an Israeli company was working on zinc or magnesium
>>>"fuel" systems for motor vehicles. The additional weight would be
>>>like an additional person in the vehicle -- not a biggie. The real
>>>problem was it would require an infrastructure, governmental action,
>>>etc. to be practical for road transportation.
>>>I posted that it would be easier to prototype the system with
>>>something that never went very far and always returned to a home base
>>>where the oxides could be collected and sent for reprocessing.
>>>After it's demonstrated then it could be pushed for motor vehicles.

>> Problem with prototyping it for short distance runs is that it might
>> not scale up for long distances