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Old 06-14-2008, 11:53 PM   #42 (permalink)
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Hello,

I agree with everything you've written, except the first point. The gasoline is not refined in the car; and the hydrogen is getting produced in the car. They are not equivalent.

Back to another point someone mentioned earlier: I think that heating the gasoline before injecting it would have a strong benefit. This is how a lot of efficiency is gained with oil fired furnaces, and vaporizing the gasoline (as opposed to having droplets) is key to gaining efficiency.
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