Found this on Wired today:
*1930:* The first automobile trip using a diesel engine is completed from Indianapolis to New York City. The 1,300-mile trip was more than a stunt, since it helped demonstrate the usefulness of the diesel as a viable alternative to the internal combustion engine. Given all the fuss these days about the need to find alternatives to fossil fuels, it's worth noting that inventor Rudolf Diesel<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Diesel>originally envisioned his engine running on vegetable oil. When he apparently committed suicide by jumping overboard on a crossing of the English Channel in 1913, at least one conspiracy theory surfaced suggesting that he was bumped off by nervous oil investors. Funny how what seemed laughable then sounds entirely plausible now. Interesting, too, that following Diesel's death, the engine was re-engineered to run using only petroleum-based fuel. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72404-0.html?tw=rss.technology Seems this guy was ahead of his time. -- Bruce Sorge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:224026 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
