[SEL] It works? Ban it! - Attention Brent

[Elden DuRand]

Remember the first rules of thermodynamics.......

Rule one:  You can never win!

Rule two: You can't even break even!

Take care - Elden
edurand at mchsi.com
http://www.oldengine.org/members/durand 

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> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 09:19 PM
> To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
> Subject: Re: [SEL] It works? Ban it! - Attention Brent
> 
> 
>  
> It's funny you say that.  I was giving a talk on 
> Biodiesel at a  regional 
> alternative energy fair and there was a guy there 
> promoting a system  that uses 
> the alternator to split water into hydrogen and 
> oxygen, and then  plumbs it at 
> low pressure into the intake manifold, claiming 
> power and mileage  benefits.  
> When I questioned how the tailpipe emissions 
> could  possibly be oxygen (my 
> combustion chemistry must be getting fuzzy) he 
> got  pretty cranky.  He bashed my 
> lack of vision saying I was the kind of guy  that 
> stood in the way of energy 
> progress.  Well, I ended up saying that I  had a 
> vision of a car that ran on 
> grass clippings and emitted ice cream (to  
> consume on the trip, you know)...but 
> that didn't mean it could happen  someday.  As 
> you might imagine, we're not 
> buddies now.  
> As long as there are people to listen, there will 
> be people talking about  
> free energy and 100 MPG carburetors.  Hopefully 
> us nay-sayers and  repressors 
> don't discourage someone from inventing the REAL 
> flux capacitor.  :-)
>  
> Joe