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Author: JCroweJCrowe Date: Nov 6, 2007 15:57
Olin wrote:
> Have to agree here, though on the Hybrid front, they're building full-sized
> cars and SUVs that do amazingly well in both performance and gas mileage.
> And, somewhere today online I read an article about a car hacker who's about
> to make the most fuel efficient Hummer ever seen, using, believe this or
> not, a jet engine. Specs call for the thing to get about 60 mpg and be able
> to go from zero to sixty in under six seconds!
Yes, that was what the original link I provided was about.
>
> Like a lot of car modifer geeks, he's doing some things the industry has
> always claimed could not be done.
Some of the avenues this guy and others like Kruger in Australia are
exploring are quite interesting. However, the whole idea of biodiesel
makes me wonder if economies of scale are feasible. Of course ethanol
has proven to be a conundrum and a political football. But with
biodiesel there is another downside that we have seen with corn based
ethanol and that is the effect on food prices. I would love to see
some documentation on that aspect of the biodiesel movement.
>
> I still would not want a Hummer, but the idea is certainly interesting.
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