Date: 10 Mar 2000 17:34:52 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> Cc: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Great American Gas Out Message-ID: <xzpr9dig4wj.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Jamie Bowden's message of "Wed, 8 Mar 2000 10:55:54 -0800 (PST)" References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003081052450.93173-100000@moo.sysabend.org>
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Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> writes: > On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, David Scheidt wrote: > > 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. > Son instead of extracting roughly 70% of whatever caloric (or BTUs for > those who measure in such a fashion) content say 89 cotane normally > provides, I'm now extracting 70% of a lesser sum? No, you're extracting 80% of a lesser number, which may still be larger than 70% of the greater number. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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