on 27/10/02 8:48 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I may be overly optimistic because it is my personal belief that now is the > time to start a shift away from non-renewable fuels, starting with oil. Any > vehicle that will run on anything but gasoline will play a part in starting > that shift. If this vehicle worked, it might help fill the gap until practical > fuel cells are available.
Fuel cells are more efficient than internal combustion engines - but they still have to 'burn' something. At the moment they aren't very good at using the complex hydrocarbons of gasoline or diesel fuels. They will probably make a great replacement for batteries in laptop computers etc by burning ethanol (?) - but where does that come from? It *takes* energy to make refined fuels. External combustion engines (steam engines/turbines) are already more efficient than internal combustion engines, and what happened to the Stanley Steamer? -- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
