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Old 01-16-2012, 07:43 AM   #40 (permalink)
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That was interesting. I wonder what anybody else made out of it.
That Lean Burn benefits that some engine's like the Gen-1 Insight get these lean burn FE benefits without the HHO's additional energy wasting steps ... thus HHO system is significantly inferior to energy efficiency and thus MPG.

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I think 38% of the fuel power ... going out the radiator is preposterous.
Preposterous , how so?

ICE's are fairly low efficiency devices ... it is not uncommon at all for ~70% or more of the fuel's energy content to be wasted going out the radiator and the exhaust.
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