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Old 05-18-2022, 02:26 PM   #44 (permalink)
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Diesel engines are about 50% efficient.

Plenty of ways to make ICE more efficient, but there are tradeoffs.

Gasoline engines could easily be run at high compression like diesels and gain a ton of efficiency, but then NOx emissions would be through the roof. We could eliminate the catalytic converter and get a boost in fuel economy.

There are no solutions, only trade-offs.
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