From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Mar 8 10:39:44 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail.enteract.com (mail.enteract.com [207.229.143.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1377937B515 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2000 10:39:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dscheidt@enteract.com) Received: from shell-1.enteract.com (dscheidt@shell-1.enteract.com [207.229.143.40]) by mail.enteract.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id MAA35602; Wed, 8 Mar 2000 12:39:37 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dscheidt@enteract.com) Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 12:39:37 -0600 (CST) From: David Scheidt To: Jamie Bowden Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Great American Gas Out In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Jamie Bowden wrote: > On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, David Scheidt wrote: > > :On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, John wrote: > > :> >I bet in uncontrolled reactions it's more powerful. > > :> No idea, but it would be interesting to know. The MSDS states that it's > :> non-explosive, yet flammable. That's no big deal though - gasoline is > :> flammable on it's own :) > > :Oxygenated gasoline has a lower calorific content than regular gasoline. > > So it's less efficient by design. How is it supposed to help reduce > consumption or emissions again? Internal combutstion engines aren't 100% efficient at extracting chemical energy from fuel. If you can increase this efficency by steps that reduce the potential energy to be extracted, it is possible to have a net gain. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message