[at-l] Re: OT Dream car economy WAS Turbine Car WAS Cell tower in Yellowstone?

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

At 07:50 AM 3/20/2004 -0500, Coosa wrote:
>Thank you for that url.  I'm sending it to my brother (Computer Consultant 
>Geek) and my father (retired Westinghouse Engineer who turned 81 on the 
>18th) who were with me that day and saw the car.
>
>I drive a 1995 Ford Escort with 206,000+ miles on the Original Engine, 
>Transmission, Clutch, Air Conditioning system and I STILL get 40 MPG on 
>the Highway. (36-39 in the Mountains)
>
>I dream that one day an inexpensive (under $15,000) vehicle that gets 50 
>to 100 MPG will be a reality.

50 is possible from a gas-only vehicle, 100 is not. The amount of energy in 
a gallon of gas is not sufficient to power a 2 (or more) person vehicle 100 
miles. The maximum figure I read a while back (under ideal conditions) was 
80. The Honda CRX had an economy version that got 55 mph on the highway. 
Not much pep though.


>Coosa (Trail ArchAngel on the Appalachian Trail in Georgia)
>From: Jim Bullard
> > > > Remember the car that ran on alcohol?  I SAW that car at
> > > > Harundale Mall in Glen Burnie MD when I was maybe 12 or 14.  It
> > > > was going to REVOLUTIONIZE the car manufacturing kingdom and
> > > > create an affordable car that could run on grain alcohol as well
> > > > as cetyl alcohol.
> > > >
> > > > Well, it DISAPPEARED.  Where did it go?  Did the
> > > > auto-manufacturers pay the inventor off?  What REALLY happened?
> > > > I've been asking that question for years.
> >
> > I believe the car you are referring to is the Chrysler turbine. See
> > <http://www.allpar.com/mopar/turbine.html> for the history of that design.
> > It was a multi-fuel engine that would run on almost any combustible liquid
> > fuel but it had its problems.
> >
> >