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Another diesel OB
BAR wrote:
Richard Casady wrote:
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:03:40 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:53:54 GMT, Tom Francis
wrote:
Then again, your point is well taken - the whole point of diesels is
lots of power at low rpms.
Nonsense. The only point to Diesels is fuel economy. Were that not so,
they wouldn't even exist. They have both gasoline and steam beat in
that regard. That is what you get in exchange for cost and weight.
They make 300 RPM gas engines by the way. Caterpillar makes large,
slow turning, spark ignition engines. They mostly run on me
Software is ****ing with me.
Make that methane. [Des Moines gets 10 000 hp from the gas from the
landfill.]
I have a landfill near me that is burning off methane. The county wants
to put in a generator and use the methane to produce electricity. This
electricity would provide enough power for about 2500 homes in the area
for about 30 to 50 years. But, the freaking NIMBY's are crying about the
noise of the generator and in the same breath whining about how global
warming is going to kill us all in a few years.
I am all for the project. I live 2 miles away and I wouldn't hear the
noise of the generator.
That's because of the strip mining facility a mile away, right?
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