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Old 07-08-2012, 05:18 PM   #182 (permalink)
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I only have 2 questions.

When nasa bottle fed a piston engine hydrogen they saw an efficiency improvement of about 3%. This was to be expected when you introduce any flamable gas that is super heated at room tempature into the intake air stream.
How does a 3% boost from a some what relyable source translate into 10% to 50% for the average person?

The OEMs have spent billions of dollars researching hybrid and battery tech. The added hybrid tech increases MSRP by as much as $3000 even on so called "mild hybrids" and in return too many have delivered questionable economics.
You would think they would kill for a $100 part that could give them a 10% boost.

You dont think these generators would have gone unnoticed do you?
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