Frogwatch wrote:
On Jul 23, 11:33 am, Richard Casady
wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:40:33 -0400, H the K
wrote:

I knew about Bosch but I had no idea Tesla was involved in the invention
of spark plugs. Thanks.
Tesla invented the coil. The ignition of gas, and later, gasoline,
engines was the obvious application. Before tesla there were huge
stationary engines used for pumping water. They had used a pilot
light, exposed to the combustable mixture with valve gear. Not for
high revs to say the least. With a plug instead of a flame port, it
was possible to compress the mixture before lighting it.

Casady

Why not a diesel cycle for gas engines?

Harry should know why, he's tried to tell people here that he's got a
degree in mechanical engineering!!!!!!!!!

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:24:54 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

We're actually working our way towards the technology that will give
us a negative carbon footprint. The only possible negative consequence
is that the car costs 236 trillion dollars..... 'course 'ya get what
you pay for.....

ROTFL!!!

I read something the other day that, when you think about it, makes a
lot of sense.

People who drive hi-brid cars, like the Prius for example, drive
anywhere from an extra 2,000 to 3,500 miles more than a person who
owns a standard compact.

Which, thinking about it, almost negates the "fuel cost savings"
benefits that hy-brids are supposed to create.

I can testify to that in a rather odd way. One of my neighbors has a
Prius and he told me the other day that he had just turned 13,000 on
his Prius which is 4 months old, but he's saving on fuel. He works in
the next town over and it's his daily driver.

Here's the interesting part. He had a Toyota Camrey, 6 years old,
that only had 42,000 on it - I know because I was thinking of buying
it before he traded it in.

Now you tell me. :)

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:58:38 -0400, Yogi of Woodstock
wrote:

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:24:54 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

We're actually working our way towards the technology that will give
us a negative carbon footprint. The only possible negative consequence
is that the car costs 236 trillion dollars..... 'course 'ya get what
you pay for.....

ROTFL!!!

I read something the other day that, when you think about it, makes a
lot of sense.

People who drive hi-brid cars, like the Prius for example, drive
anywhere from an extra 2,000 to 3,500 miles more than a person who
owns a standard compact.

Which, thinking about it, almost negates the "fuel cost savings"
benefits that hy-brids are supposed to create.

I can testify to that in a rather odd way. One of my neighbors has a
Prius and he told me the other day that he had just turned 13,000 on
his Prius which is 4 months old, but he's saving on fuel. He works in
the next town over and it's his daily driver.

Here's the interesting part. He had a Toyota Camrey, 6 years old,
that only had 42,000 on it - I know because I was thinking of buying
it before he traded it in.

Now you tell me. :)

They're trying hard as hell to break even before they die.

Amen.
--

John H