Scotius wrote in
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>> >>
>>>The entries for the 100 MPG X-Prize are set...
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>>>And it looks very good.
>>>
>>>There are some tricycles, there are some very small cars, and there
>>>are some cars converted from standard cars. But many other cars look
>>>like exotic prototypes. And there is some surprising technology...like
>>>compressed air.
>>>
>>>The Loremo diesel looks very practical and very capable. But there is
>>>some highly developed hybrid technology as well.
>>>
>>>So at the web link...click every team like that offers a photo or a
>>>video...and then ask yourself...does this look like something or not ? >>>
>>
>> The technology has already existed since the '40s to get
>> fantastic mileage, since the "supercarburetor" is not a "myth".
>> However, if the people who have the patent for that don't
>> release it, the only thing that can be done is to build cars and
>> trucks much smaller, and with more efficient fuel systems. That being
>> the case, the car that represents the least radical shift from what
>> people are accustomed to seeing (in terms of internal space, etc) but
>> which meets the requirement is the one most likely to be commercially
>> successful in most areas.
>>
>
> if you truly beleive there is a super carb I feel sorry for you.
Why? I spoke with a former Ford executive at a dinner I was to recently, and he told me it was real. I think he'd know.
you
>must beleive in Santa Clause also. No such thing, no such how, not one
>creditable example of such ever been. (aside from the fact the science
>doesn`t show it possible.) KB