In article ,
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 20:28:38 GMT, (Karl
Denninger) wrote:

~~snippage~~

Want to really make a difference? Get rid of the Sierra Club's influence on
these matters and mandate that within 5 years all new motor vehicles with
more than three wheels and sold in the US must have compression ignition
engines.

Go you one better - diesel electric. The technology is currently
available and can even do tows up to about 6K# on some test trucks.

It's doable - it's been in submarine technology since forever.

Take care.

Tom

Yes, but diesel-electric is less efficient most of the time in light
vehicles than straight drive diesel.

Simple reason - those pesky laws of thermodynamics, due to the additional
conversions involved.

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