Re: Stop-Start Engine

From: Harry Conover (hhc314_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/17/04 

Date: 16 Sep 2004 21:14:22 -0700

Don Lancaster <don@tinaja.com> wrote in message news:<4148F35B.1A2039CB@tinaja.com>...
> Harry Conover wrote:
> >
> > manofsan@yahoo.com (sanman) wrote in message news:<f144e162.0409081037.3325bec0@posting.google.com>...
> > > Here's an interesting idea, the Stop-Start combustion engine:
> > >
> > > http://www.spacedaily.com/2004/040907151848.lbjwimun.html
> > >
> > > I remember when I first read about hybrid vehicles like Toyota Prius
> > > and Honda Insight, they seemed to use something similar. The gas
> > > engine would immediately cut off when the electric motor was being
> > > used, and then start again when it was needed.
> > >
> > > So is there some fundamental reason why this technology could not be
> > > adopted on a wide scale, to improve over existing combustion engines?
> > > Why would continously uninterrupted combustion engines be better?
> >
> > Good question, and it sure beats the Hell out of me!
> >
> > Research "Hit and Miss" engines. These little beasties powered
> > countless sawmills, tractors, and farm machinery for years, and some
> > still do. They proved themselves to be practical, durable, fuel
> > efficient and useful.
> >
> > Harry C.
>
> huh?
>
> Hit and Miss engines were woefully inefficient and horribly polluting.
>
> Their only advantage was that they could burn anything from oily rags to
> crude oil to natural gas to aviation gasoline.

So are open wood and coal fires. These and 'hit and miss' engines are
most notable for their survival. It's a fact that the 'hit and miss'
engine has actually our-survived the classical steam engine, and
that's saying something!

Regarding pollution, the worst polluters are the people that insist on
burning wood as a primary source of home heat in the winter.

So much for the environmental responsibility of the back to nature
crowd!

                                                       Harry C.

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