I doubt that creating deisel fuel is purely mechanical. pumping and processing both. And the glow plug to start is electrical, so will a blowtorch heat it enough to start without damaging the engine? Of course the propane for the blowtorch is another issue. Maybe a few farm tractors, with their open frames could be operated, but trucks with all their controls would have to be redesigned from scratch.
<pre>--Carey</pre> > On 05/08/2024 8:57 AM CDT Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > > Sure, but classic Diesel engines are purely mechanical. > > paul > > > On May 8, 2024, at 9:38 AM, Michael Thompson > > <michael.99.thomp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Most modern Diesel engines use a common-rail electronically controlled > > injection system. > > > >> On May 8, 2024, at 8:58 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>> On May 8, 2024, at 7:56 AM, CAREY SCHUG via cctalk > >>> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >>> > >>> At a local linux meeting, the leader was disparaging any resurrection of > >>> old technology > >>> > >>> Anybody else reminded of the science fiction story where ethereal life > >>> forms arrive from a distant star system after receiving our first radio > >>> transmissions. life that eats radio and electricity, starting with the > >>> frequencies of our first transmissions, but then mutating(?) to all > >>> radio, then electricity even in wires, and wiping out all communications, > >>> vehicles, etc. There is a desperate project to resurrect steam engines > >>> (to build other steam engines) and breed horses. All those steam train > >>> museums turn out to be what saves humanity. just now I > >>> realized..shouldn't they also consume all the light too? But I guess > >>> they can't go beyond microwaves. > >> > >> "The Waveries" by Fredric Brown, 1945. Never mind the bit about light; > >> the author missed the fact that Diesel engines don't need electricity, and > >> also the fact that thunder can't happen without lightning. > >> > >> paul > >>
