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Old 06-30-2010, 04:32 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I agree the turbine in the exhaust is a probably a more efficient approach and I have thought about it. The problem I find is that its hard to deal with something spinning as fast as a turbo is to convert it into usable energy. If you have ideas on this I'm all ears.

The heat transfer would be cool too. Storage of that heat energy is a problem as it would require much added weight I'd imagine.
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