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NOTE: I am an idiot. I believe this will show clearly as I have had trouble thinking of how I should frame the post. If I come across as excessively stupid, feel free to let me have it.
OK. with all the news articles concerning ICEs, I've been racking my mind thinking about why things have changed and what could change to make things better...it's better if I don't get involved, but I'm still left with a fair few questions perhaps @Tornado, @Jordan and the other elders can correct me on.
#1: Why hasn't ICE tech advanced as much in the last...lets say 30 years? I wondered years ago if the engines weren't as efficient at burning fuel years ago, why not figure out ways to fire the charge again with more strokes, and as it turns out there's been a number of 6-stroke engine designs, as well as 5-stroke and something that on reading about it sound's like it has effectively a precombustion chamber connected to the regular one like was on the Honda CVCC. I imagine "Because Capitalism" will be the primary answer to all these, but if anything this is the one I can see being mainly money.
#2: How efficient could a small turbine engine be? We have turbo engines, why couldn't we use the exhaust, and the unburnt fuel within, to run a turboshaft engine to finish it off and perhaps help add some power?
#3: Why don't we have a readily alcohol primary fuel source? I know Ethanol is a thing but it's treated like an additive as opposed to a full on alternative. Fuel lines would have to be re-run for it, but running a car on Bacardi shouldn't be that far fetched an idea, right?
#4: OK, so electric is here to stay...again...is there something better than rare metal batteries on the horizon? I use batteries a little as I have to, and prefer to use rechargeable ones when I can, but for all electricity's potential batteries are horrible. Lead-acid ones can kill you in different ways, Lithium batteries hold no real difference to my uses from the old formulas, and only cell batteries hold a respectable charge...but that's only for non-smart phones. Not to mention while oil isn't exactly abundant, time keeps going and the planet does very slowly replenish it. There's only so much lithium, nickel, and other rare metals on the planet as well, and considering how often the place I work goes through batteries recycling it isn't high on many priority lists.
#5: What happened to the hydrogen fuel cells? Last I knew Toyota was the only company still messing with it as an alternative. I'll have to re-read how they work, but I don't know where all that talk went?
That's all for now. Got a family wedding to get ready for.
OK. with all the news articles concerning ICEs, I've been racking my mind thinking about why things have changed and what could change to make things better...it's better if I don't get involved, but I'm still left with a fair few questions perhaps @Tornado, @Jordan and the other elders can correct me on.
#1: Why hasn't ICE tech advanced as much in the last...lets say 30 years? I wondered years ago if the engines weren't as efficient at burning fuel years ago, why not figure out ways to fire the charge again with more strokes, and as it turns out there's been a number of 6-stroke engine designs, as well as 5-stroke and something that on reading about it sound's like it has effectively a precombustion chamber connected to the regular one like was on the Honda CVCC. I imagine "Because Capitalism" will be the primary answer to all these, but if anything this is the one I can see being mainly money.
#2: How efficient could a small turbine engine be? We have turbo engines, why couldn't we use the exhaust, and the unburnt fuel within, to run a turboshaft engine to finish it off and perhaps help add some power?
#3: Why don't we have a readily alcohol primary fuel source? I know Ethanol is a thing but it's treated like an additive as opposed to a full on alternative. Fuel lines would have to be re-run for it, but running a car on Bacardi shouldn't be that far fetched an idea, right?
#4: OK, so electric is here to stay...again...is there something better than rare metal batteries on the horizon? I use batteries a little as I have to, and prefer to use rechargeable ones when I can, but for all electricity's potential batteries are horrible. Lead-acid ones can kill you in different ways, Lithium batteries hold no real difference to my uses from the old formulas, and only cell batteries hold a respectable charge...but that's only for non-smart phones. Not to mention while oil isn't exactly abundant, time keeps going and the planet does very slowly replenish it. There's only so much lithium, nickel, and other rare metals on the planet as well, and considering how often the place I work goes through batteries recycling it isn't high on many priority lists.
#5: What happened to the hydrogen fuel cells? Last I knew Toyota was the only company still messing with it as an alternative. I'll have to re-read how they work, but I don't know where all that talk went?
That's all for now. Got a family wedding to get ready for.
