Reply #48: It's not insolvable!!! [View All]

[Taeger]

The pistons still have to compress the air

Why???? Why not simply let them breathe during an empty cycle????

I know that I'm talking about fundamentally HARD engineering problems. But I'm 100% certain that it's a NUT that CAN be cracked.

Us auto manufacturers spend BILLIONS on advertising annually. How much R&D do you figure the job would need??? 3-4, 10, 20 million ??? What would be the net return to our economy based on the unused fuel?????

At the VERY least, one could simply provide LESS fuel to those pistons so they are effetively SPINNING.

Let's not forget that engines in the 70s (as someone else cited) were NOT computer controlled. There is a whole new world in what can be accomplished with computer controlled timing, injection and ignition.

I refuse to believe that the problem CANNOT be solved with a little cleverness. I DO believe that the auto industry simply ISN'T INTERESTED because they don't believe that fuel efficiency SELLS in an era of cheap gas!!! Higher CAFE standards would FORCE them invest!!!