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Old 12-13-2010, 12:32 PM   #226 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
What piston engines are higher than 40% efficient in the real world? How long do they take to warm up? Can they have some sort of cogeneration cycle added on that significantly improves that?
hey, I can answer that:

DIESELS!

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