04-25-2006, 05:42 PM
Swing fuel engines have been part of South America for a LONG time.
I suggest that anyone who really wants information to look it up.
As for Brasil, it is a massive city with a massive population that lacks the mass transit
like NYC, which is a finely tuned machine by comparison.
btw... for those that are interested - - those engines that will burn just about anything
short of coal and wood - are made by the same people who've kept these out
of the mainstream in the US for 20+ years.
ethanol burns very clean. So clean, it is almost magical. too bad it has too low a BTU for proper use in what WE demand --- engines with greater output.
If the population could be persuaded to withstand the horror of a 5hp lawnmower with the same sound pressure level as the current 160hp car.... then perhaps one day, the rate at which we get from zero to 60mph could be tempered to permit 15 seconds, rather than a goal of 6.5 seconds, and engines that topped out at 90mph would actually serve a conservation purpose.
I suggest that anyone who really wants information to look it up.
As for Brasil, it is a massive city with a massive population that lacks the mass transit
like NYC, which is a finely tuned machine by comparison.
btw... for those that are interested - - those engines that will burn just about anything
short of coal and wood - are made by the same people who've kept these out
of the mainstream in the US for 20+ years.
ethanol burns very clean. So clean, it is almost magical. too bad it has too low a BTU for proper use in what WE demand --- engines with greater output.
If the population could be persuaded to withstand the horror of a 5hp lawnmower with the same sound pressure level as the current 160hp car.... then perhaps one day, the rate at which we get from zero to 60mph could be tempered to permit 15 seconds, rather than a goal of 6.5 seconds, and engines that topped out at 90mph would actually serve a conservation purpose.