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Question

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/120/motorhead-messiah.html

You've gotta read this one!! Detroit could do this, they just choose not to. What do you think?

Answer 1

i agree with koma just bs

Answer 2

just BS

Answer 3

You have to ask?

Converting vehicles to run off bio-diesel?

The last thing Detroit wants to do is p**s off the gasoline companies, and this would do it big time. The gasoline companies cannot make a profit (yet) by running cars off of used fryer oil.

Answer 4

More of your rant......Get a life and adjust your aluminum hat....it's tilting to the side.

Answer 5

Detroit can't do it because of government safety regulations.  Stories like this have been around for decades.  If they really worked as good as the 'inventor' says it does, they would have sold millions of these units and retired rich.  But, it never seems to happen.

Answer 6

The Fuel Vapor Engine Works

100 mpg

Turbo Charged 1500cc

Gasoline vapor fuel management system

0-60 MPH in 5 seconds

Top speed: Electronically limited to 140 mph.

http://www.fuelvaporcar.com/html/the_car...

Answer 7

I saw the Impala he built for Pimp My Ride that was biodiesel. And have owned a VW Rabbit pickup that has been converted to biodiesel for several years. I still average about 75mpg daily from it.

As for a turbine powering a generator, it is great for publicity but not very practical. First of all, a turbine is a very expensive engine to produce due to the extensive extra care that must be taken when building it. If you are going to turn anything as fast as a turbine spins, then it has to be perfect. That isn't cheap.

Second, as Chrysler found when they built and tested turbine cars during the early 60's, turbines are noisy, and very unforgiving. That is why plane engines are inspected so regularly, and why mechanics check everything prior to every flight. I doubt that a consumer is willing to have his vehicle inspected by a trained jet mechanic prior to every drive he makes.

But, manufacturers are already offerering diesel/electric and gas/electric hybrids, and it is a proven design that can generate as much power as a standard engine alone, and still generate better economy. Reference Honda Accords fastest, and most powerful engine combination is the gas/electric hybrid model. I see this as the near futures best bet as to what direction manufacturers will take.

Pure fuel cell cars, such as those that run on hydrogen, are still very early in thier development. There are some that have entered testing in fleets, but they are not ready for mass marketing. Fuel storage, and a fuel delivery system still is a problem.