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Old 07-28-2009, 02:23 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I agree that there would be an efficiency increase if it worked. I think it would work in the lab. The question is how much will it cost and how reliable would it be considering the dirty place the combustion chamber is?

In an alcohol powered machine, this would probably work better because it's presumably cleaner. A laser needs a clean lens to produce a good beam. How would you keep the lens clean?
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