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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 02:16 PM
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manufacturers have guns to their heads in the u.s. and europe so they have no choice but to waste i mean spend vast amount of money on this r&d.

it's all based on the insanity of the global warming myth, the decisions NOT to utilize the VAST natural resources AVAILABLE, and ARBITRARY 'environmental' standards such as Europe's trying to drop CO2 'output' a lot in a few years at a cost of trillions, which will make NO DIFFERENCE WHATSOEVER to the earth. (read "Cool It" for more info)

fun suckers rejoice, you're winning. (thank you p.j.o'rourke)

and as the standards get tougher, oh joy we can have more cash for clunkers LOOTING of the wealth producers of the country.

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Old Aug 29, 2009 | 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by SLegacy99
Seems like they would have to run Atkinsons/ottos cycle.
Honda started using modified Atkison for their R series engine (4-cyl). Seems to be working well. Plus, I wonder if MB is making headways in their DIESOTTO project.

HCCI would be good enough right? (the reaction is mostly exothermic I think)
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Old Aug 30, 2009 | 02:23 AM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
manufacturers have guns to their heads in the u.s. and europe so they have no choice but to waste i mean spend vast amount of money on this r&d.

it's all based on the insanity of the global warming myth, the decisions NOT to utilize the VAST natural resources AVAILABLE, and ARBITRARY 'environmental' standards such as Europe's trying to drop CO2 'output' a lot in a few years at a cost of trillions, which will make NO DIFFERENCE WHATSOEVER to the earth. (read "Cool It" for more info)

fun suckers rejoice, you're winning. (thank you p.j.o'rourke)

and as the standards get tougher, oh joy we can have more cash for clunkers LOOTING of the wealth producers of the country.

/rant
Its sad but reality
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