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- From: mwilson@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Mark Wilson)
- Newsgroups: sci.energy
- Subject: Re: More External-Combustion Info
- Message-ID: <10623@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 20:44:23 GMT
- References: <1992Nov13.125119.11873@bsu-ucs> <1e1eilINNbfb@gap.caltech.edu> <69578@cup.portal.com> <1992Nov16.215307.11973@bsu-ucs>,<1992Nov17.071642.22601@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1ebhauINNm1l@gap.caltech.edu> <1992Nov17.205320.3112@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- In <1992Nov17.205320.3112@leland.Stanford.EDU> ledwards@leland.Stanford.EDU (Laurence James Edwards) writes:
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- |>It doesn't ... I didn't say it did. I was just suggesting using an electric
- |>motor to *move* the car (not generate heat) until the steam engine could take
- |>over -- i.e. steam/electric hybrid. Since apparently the electric motor would
- |>only be needed for 30 secs I would think the battery requirements would be
- |>pretty small.
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- The battery may be small, but if you hope to get any speed during those
- 30 seconds, the electric motor will have to be massive. Then you will have
- to haul around that dead weight after the steam engine gets up to heat.
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- --
- Mob rule doesn't become any prettier, just because the mob start to call itself
- a government.
- It ain't charity if you are using someone else's money.
- Mark.Wilson@AtlantaGA.NCR.com
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