05-31-2006, 03:07 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-31-2006, 03:10 AM by Occhidiangela.)
Quote:Please, no offense when I say "Bunk!"Crap comma bull.
Rather than lose energy twice, once when heating the water by burning the fuel, and once when converting energy to rotary motion, you lose it once: converting heat content of fuel to rotary motion via combustion.
That is why the internal combustion engine, in its present form, kicks steam's butt. If it didn't, Le Mans would be run on steam powered cars, as those guys race to win. Likewise NASCAR.
The thermal efficiency is also why steam has been replaced by gas turbines on medium sized combatants in the Navy. (Cruisers, Frigates, Destroyers.) Petrol allows for remarkably less maintenance, and a Whole Lot Less moving parts. That last bit decreases costs, for production and maintenance, by a significant margin. The gas powered turbine engine is immensely more responsive, time wise, than a steam plant. Same is true for cars: gas engines respond to inputs for changes in throttle (think gas pedal) far more precisely and quickly.
The KISS principal at work.
I suggest you maintain speed and lane position, rather than doing as you just did: drive onto the shoulder, ;)
Occhi
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete