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Old 09-07-2011, 08:41 PM   #5 (permalink)
graydonengineering
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I remember kicking this concept around back in college. One of my professors was talking about how a combustion engine, much like a mammal, uses a huge percentage of energy to produce waste heat. It may not yield all that much by the time it is converted back to electricity but hey, it's free.
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