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canna change law physics
 
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Originally Posted by sc_rufctr View Post
The biggest inefficiency in and internal combustion engine is heat.
About twice the HP of the engine is wasted in heat... So if you had a 100hp car 200hp is lost in heat.
Have you ever seen an exhaust manifold glowing red hot?

If you could capture and use that heat it would make a huge difference in economy.
You canna change the laws of physics!
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