lennykravitz2004 Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 OPEC and the Gov't will have to find a way top make up their money if this is true... New engine sends shock waves through auto industryPrototype could potentially decrease auto emissions up to 90 percent Despite shifting into higher gear within the consumer's green conscience, hybrid vehicles are still tethered to the gas pump via a fuel-thirsty 100-year-old invention: the internal combustion engine. However, researchers at Michigan State University have built a prototype gasoline engine that requires no transmission, crankshaft, pistons, valves, fuel compression, cooling systems or fluids. Their so-called Wave Disk Generator could greatly improve the efficiency of gas-electric hybrid automobiles and potentially decrease auto emissions up to 90 percent when compared with conventional combustion engines. The engine has a rotor that's equipped with wave-like channels that trap and mix oxygen and fuel as the rotor spins. These central inlets are blocked off, building pressure within the chamber, causing a shock wave that ignites the compressed air and fuel to transmit energy. The Wave Disk Generator uses 60 percent of its fuel for propulsion; standard car engines use just 15 percent. As a result, the generator is 3.5 times more fuel efficient than typical combustion engines. Researchers estimate the new model could shave almost 1,000 pounds off a car's weight currently taken up by conventional engine systems. Last week, the prototype was presented to the energy division of the Advanced Research Projects Agency, which is backing the Michigan State University Engine Research Laboratory with $2.5 million in funding. Michigan State's team of engineers hope to have a car-sized 25-kilowatt version of the prototype ready by the end of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterMan Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 We're going to have to bail out the oil industry now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 I'm linking this video once again because I know that nobody clicked it when I linked it previously...check at 6:48, but the best thing to do is to check out part one and then watch this one entirely.... this is an epic video.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterMan Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 I'm linking this video once again because I know that nobody clicked it when I linked it previously...check at 6:48, but the best thing to do is to check out part one and then watch this one entirely.... this is an epic video.. Wow I started watching at 6:28 but, I'm going to watch Part 1 also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennykravitz2004 Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 I'm linking this video once again because I know that nobody clicked it when I linked it previously...check at 6:48, but the best thing to do is to check out part one and then watch this one entirely.... this is an epic video.. Why do I now feel smarter and dumber, all at the same time? Interesting explanation on banks creating money from the exact same dollar through loans. That is, if I understand him correctly. And this is after watching both videos - twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuke'em ttg Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 my can't we make gas out of synthetic oil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuke'em ttg Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 is that the guy from Bewitched Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterMan Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 So the government took over GM because they knew gas was going to be lower? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 So the government took over GM because they knew gas was going to be lower? if you're referring to the video, they don't know it's going lower and if it drops anywhere near $10 a barrel, then there will be almost no oil available.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 (edited) Interesting explanation on banks creating money from the exact same dollar through loans. Banks do indeed create money through the "money multiplier process" of taking in deposits and making loans. But this is nothing new or surprising--it gets covered in every introductory macroeconomics course (as a matter of fact, I am teaching this stuff tomorrow, except a lot better than this guy does (not bragging, just being honest)). Edited April 7, 2011 by wiegie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Banks do indeed create money through the "money multiplier process" of taking in deposits and making loans. But this is nothing new or surprising--it gets covered in every introductory macroeconomics course (as a matter of fact, I am teaching this stuff tomorrow, except a lot better than this guy does (not bragging, just being honest)). of course it's nothing new, but people don't know about it.. I always thought that loans were made from the savings of other accounts within the bank.....and this is how interest is dispersed etc., but instead the money is created from debt which creates a level of debt that we'll never be able to pay back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Regulation...whoever runs on that platform, I'm voting for. Of course nobody will ever run on that platform will they? That would be political suicide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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