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Originally Posted by MPREZIV
I'm kinda with Dean here. I've seen SO MANY "alternative fuels" and other such variations on the internal combustion engine, like this one, all of which have sounded great at first, and turned out to be nothing more than a big FLOP. In my head, the entire idea here is absolutely un-useable. I may know much more about automotive theory than I do Physics, but it just doesn't click that this thing would be 1. reliable 2. economical 3. more efficient than what we have already.
I recall an engine oil cap I showed Dean and Scott on Saturday, that had milky oil on it from the condensation known to exsist in Nissan motors, and it scared the crap out of all of us. I imagine cylinders FULL of water vapor blowing past rings producing effects 100 times what we saw on Saturday. Scary.
Frankly, I think if there were more pessimists in the world, we could avoid SO many mistakes!  "Dude, a blimp full of highly explosive gas is not a good idea..." See: Hindenburg |
The Hindenburg burned because of the coating on the canvas, not because Hydrogen is flamable.
And if everyone were pessimists there'd be no innovation. This particular motor may not be the solution (I think pure electric or hydrogen electric will be the ultimate solution to get awa from oil) but it's certainly a step in the right direction.
For example, multi stage disposeable rockets are not the efficient way to get people into orbit... a RAM/SCRAM jet space plane would be much better... but since we can't build that yet, we built the space shuttle... a compromise. That's what these new hybrid motors are, the compromise interrum solution that we use to learn more about what it'll take to get to the better solution... which in turn becomes a compromise once an even better solution is thought up.
Just because an idea isn't perfect, doesn't make it a bad idea. This motor has promise, and I believe the technology can be made to work as advertized. Does that mean it'll ultimately be economical? Of course not. But that doesn't mean the idea is worthless or that it shouldn't be persued.