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Fuel economy help
Just saw an article by AP. It seems that Auburn University has made a breakthrough
in fuel cell research. They now have a practical way of catalytically separating the hydrogen from the carbon and sulphur in conventional fuels such as diesel. When used in a vehicle equipped with a fuel cell, fuel consumption is about one- third of what the same vehicle uses with a diesel engine. Since one of the major problems the military faces is supplying their toys with gas in a combat area, the military is *very* interested, and development sponsored by the military tends to produce results somewhat more rapidly than other. For one thing, the Army doesn't pay much attention to companies with vested interest in keeping mileage low. It will be interesting to see how this can be adapted to aircraft. George Patterson Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is "Hummmmm... That's interesting...." |
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