diesels (Was: Re: electro-Physics: 17.3409 volts)

[Roger Merchberger]

Rumor has it that Dan Williams may have mentioned these words:
>On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:56:43 -0500, Paul Koning <pkoning at equallogic.com> 
>wrote:
> > Of course, that's a rather tiny engine.  My Honda Insight hybrid car
> > has a gasoline engine about that size (3 cylinder 1 liter).  It starts
> > in a small fraction of a second.  The magic is a combination of good
> > fuel mixture controls, and the fact that the starter motor is a
> > monster good for about 10 kW...
> >
> >         paul
> >
>Good idea, but isn't that a bit of overkill for your home collection.

Nah... how many people do you know that measure their auto's fuel mileage 
in MIPS & MFLOPS??? ;-)

Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger

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