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Originally Posted by db_cooper
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Porsche's definition was very clear..Motors were devices that took existing energy and converted it to motion..like electrical or vacuum motors.
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Uhhhh, burning gasoline DOES take existing energy and convert it to motion.
(Unless you have one of those conservation of energy violation specials that conspiracy theorists go on about on the internet...) A gallon of gas has approximately 114,000 BTUs of stored energy in it.
I you think calling it a motor removes some of the elitism from the subject and you don't want want to call it that... Fine, but you don't get to redefine the English language. Leave that to the lexicographers.
(If you want to look down your nose at them then that is a bird of a different colour.)