Of more than passing historical significance . perhaps . Tetraethyl lead (CH3CH2)4Pb was once a common and ubiquitous octane booster in gasoline, so much so that automotive fuel was commonly known as "ethyl" for a while (even though gasoline is mostly a benzyl or polycyclic derivative).
TEL was largely discontinued because of the toxicity of lead, to the regret of the same constituency that did not see any need to ban DDT or lead paint. It is still used as an additive in aviation fuel. The main feature of TEL as an additive is the chemical weakness of its four Carbon to Pb bonds. They break with ease. After ignition, TEL completely decomposes and there are bare lead ions for a short time before oxidation. I mention this only to note that when in the ion state, immediately after ignition, TEL is a good catalyst for fractional hydrogen, since the removal of any three ethyls gives the lead ion an ionization potential energy enthalpy of (7.4 + 15 + 31.9)eV. This works out to 54.39 eV - which value is about 4 Ry and consistent with an energy "hole" as defined by Randell Mills' CQM theory. Since it is slightly less than 54.4 eV, we might even suppose that it works best at elevated temperatures. It may be too early to rewrite this chapter of automotive history, but this kind of gain is consistent with everything we know if Mills theory ever proves out. And this may be the first time that this curious historical detail has been mentioned in the context of a possible viable pathway towards better efficiency in internal combustion, should parts of CQM theory be shown to be valid. This could be true even if BLP itself has taken what will prove to be a commercially unworkable approach in their present applications. Of course, to do this for internal combustion with a renewable like ethanol, any catalyst would need to be applied in a way similar to TEL, boosting overall efficiency - but then either fully collected and/or never released in the first place. The US ethanol industry is now feeling the pressure of recent political gains by the greed barons in Big Oil/OPEC. Our farmers and renewable fuel industry needs a technological boost to maintain viability, with so much disinformation and arm-twisting in Congress being spread by the Saudi puppet masters. In contrast, Mills wants you to believe that he can solve the energy problem with zero carbon, but he is propelled by a string of exaggerations going back a decade. Many of us have given up hope for BLP, due to the level of continuing and genuine ingrained dishonesty. kinda like EEStor, maybe. A middle ground which should be mentioned, even though I am NOT advocating it yet, could involve a renewable like ethanol, used with a technology that allows some of the gain of the fractional ground state, but using internal combustion instead of exotic vacuum processes - and with real results instead of hollow promises. Many of you are familiar with the YouTube videos of the so-called "Anton Cell" purporting to show an engine running nicely on electrolyzed water. Of course, that would be the only magic needed, if it were exactly what is going on in the videos. What would be the implication of knowing that instead of water, the engine shown were being run on 50/50 hydrous ethanol ? BTW the consumption of hydrous is actually less than gasoline, per unit of output. This makes it strictly a violation of CoE, since the energy delivered exceeds the heat content of the fuel. How does that sound as a workable solution to problem of fossil fuel depletion? Jones
