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Old 11-18-2010, 07:51 PM   #14 (permalink)
redpoint5
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My car has one too but that is home made
You home-brewed an active grill block? How did you do this? Now I'm thinking I should design something for my Acura using a servo or something. Realistically I should probably just use a static block.

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...Iceland sits on top of a rift between and American and European plates, and has literally "tonnes" of geothermal energy from which to generate electricity, which they use to dissocate water into H2 and O2...
With our ever-increasing skill at drilling, I wonder if we can ever dig deep enough to tap into this energy here. Maybe someday instead of drilling for oil, the companies will be drilling for heat.
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