Well, I need to say something here. Why all these inventions? You can buy a whole production car capable of 100 mpg today.
The world record in fuel economy set by Gerhardt Plattner with this car is actually way better: 107 mpg from austria to denmark and back, 2007 km on 45 litres of diesel, using autobahns, climbing mountain highway passes etc. http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/05/gerhard-plattner-does-it-again-drives.html (7% better fuel economy at these low values is no easy job in real world traffic) It's not a hybrid. It's got aircon and everything a modern car should have. It hasn't got an exotic engine, the engine is a common rail 1.2 litre tdi. It's even almost half reasonably priced. And it's not even a kei or very small car : Skoda Fabia Greenline II http://www.buyacar.co.uk/cars/skoda/skoda_fabia/review_skoda_fabia_greenline_ii_4637.jhtml Cheers, Aleks -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Lee Dyson Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 3:13 AM To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: [Biofuel] Fwd: New Engine 100 MPG Hello All, was sent this, looks interesting. Looks like if it can be vaporised and combustible you can run this engine on it, diesel also. Looks like the idea has been around since at least the 1950's Lee Begin forwarded message: >>>>> Subject: FW: New Engine 100 MPG >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> New Engine! VERRRRY Cool! >>>>> >>>>> Here is another German Invention! >>>>> >>>>> Oh, and by the way! Let’s watch this invention closely, so we can observe >>>>> the MANOEUVERING of the Oil Companies, Lawyers, Politicians, Unions and >>>>> Wall Street, to cut this invention off at the knees, delay and/or even >>>>> stop it’s development. They will all contribute to stopping this engine >>>>> from ever reaching the American consumer in a reasonable time frame at a >>>>> reasonable price. JUST WATCH! >>>>> >>>>> Be sure and watch the video…. Interesting..!! >>>>> >>>>> For a good demo, See: >>>>> http://www.engineeringtv.com/video/Opposed-Piston-Opposed-Cylinder >>>>> >>>>> Saving the World Two Strokes at a Time >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>>>> This is no wimp engine. It's a two cylinder with four pistons >>>>> delivering 300+ Horse Power It's extremely small and very >>>>> efficient and is presently in use in test applications The >>>>> configuration below is equivalent to a extremely ballsy four >>>>> cylinder engine when doubled, it's an extremely ballsy 600+ H.P. >>>>> engine >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It’s called OPOC (Opposed Piston Opposed Cylinder), and it’s a >>>>> turbocharged two-stroke, two-cylinder, with four pistons, two in each >>>>> cylinder, that will run on gasoline, diesel or ethanol. The two pistons, >>>>> inside a single cylinder, pump toward and away from each other, thus >>>>> allowing a cycle to be completed twice as quickly as a conventional >>>>> engine while balancing it's own loads. >>>>> >>>>> The heavy lifting for this unconventional concept was performed Prof. >>>>> Peter Hofbauer. During his 20 years at VW, Hofbauer headed up, among >>>>> other things, development of VW’s first diesel engine and the VR6. >>>>> >>>>> The OPOC has been in development for several years, and the company >>>>> claims it’s 30 percent lighter, one quarter the size and achieves 50 >>>>> percent better fuel economy than a conventional turbo diesel engine. >>>>> >>>>> They’re predicting 100 MPG in a conventional car! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/attachments/20110527/d5c2e6c1/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ATT000011.jpeg Type: unknown/unknown Size: 23246 bytes Desc: not available Url : /pipermail/attachments/20110527/d5c2e6c1/attachment.bin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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