From: Killspam@invalid.kill   
      
   "Curbie"  wrote in message   
   news:plc0k7hhtm969l5qhunhr03dhn1shhmlv3@4ax.com...   
      
   > Trying to understand why things do and do not work takes real effort,   
   > as does posting proof; posting opinions takes neither effort nor   
   > proof.   
   >   
   > I don't know what is more damaging about promoting "Magic" tech, the   
   > people that are snookered in to believing the magic is not an   
   > illusion, or the overall notion that we can all just sit on our hands   
   > and do nothing, and wait for someone else to fix the huge energy   
   > problems we have.   
      
   The problem is that people are too narrow minded and easy swayed by big   
   corps.  The biggest example of this is the piston IC engine.  It is a   
   Victorian dog that only uses 20% of the energy in the tank. It is totally   
   unacceptable.  Many great idea can come about to replace it.  Many in   
   concept, and simulation, are much superior.  When pros and cons are assessed   
   they are still vastly superior. Yet the big corps do nothing.   
      
   Then the "sit on our hands and do nothing", crew retort to, "if it was any   
   good the big auto companies would have made them by now".  The vast majority   
   of cars in the world are made by a handful of companies and most trend to   
   look the same - as if in league with each other. The big corps have openly   
   stated they will not adopt new technology unless there existing plant can   
   make it - most of the same parts bin.   
      
   In the essential engine, only the Russians with their proposed "rotary vane   
   engine" incorporated in a hybrid also using supercapacitors, offer any   
   advancement -  Even the body is advanced composites.  See thread on that for   
   info.  That appears to be a very serious project with the Russian president   
   driving a prototype for promotional reasons - he would not be used a stooge   
   for lost cause.   
      
   Apart from this Russian initiate, only Toyota looked ahead and did   
   something, setting the current scene in hybrids, which is getting better and   
   better.   
      
   To "sit on our hands and do nothing" is not an option. To dance to the tune   
   of the corporations is not an option.   
      
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