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Originally Posted by dcb
that is like calling a bicycle chain an energy source.
Without one it will not work means they are not distinct sources of power.
A car with an automatic has a hydraulic coupling too, that don't make it a hybrid.
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By the definition that people are arguing with, a car with an automatic transmission is using two sources to provide locomotion, as the trans could go into lock up or it uses a fluid viscous coupling that the engine inserts energy into, where the energy is stored in a fluid through motion and then transferred to the transmission. Just because the diesel engine develops electricity, doesnt make it a hybrid. the electricity is just the "driveshaft". One might argue that a nuclear plant is a hybrid power plant, as they develop steam from the fusion and use that to spin a turbine to produce the electricity. Maybe people would feel better about nuclear if we called it a hybrid.