From: santoken@bright.net
Date: Wed Oct 05 2005 - 17:36:25 PDT
Sorry, was only trying to correct the original post regardin what the original Diesel engine was fired with. Sorry to offend anyone, sorry to piss anyone off, sorry if I confused anyone, sorry if...
Damn, seems that you can't say much on this list anymore without some cockstrong getting out the flamethrower...
>
> From: MV <MV@dc9.tzo.com>
> Date: Wed Oct 5, 6:25 PM
> To: santoken@bright.net
> CC: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Subject: Re: [MV] Cooking oil question
>
> I'm missing the point here on this thread. If Rudolf tried to run his
> new engine on dirt and it didn't work, would it matter? Sames goes for
> wood? So what it didn't work. Edison tried to make light bulbs with
> hundreds if not thousands of different kinds of filiments before he
> found tungsten. No one cares about what didn't work. I bet that Rudolf
> tried a lot of other stuff besides coal dust and peanut oil.
>
> Coal dust works fine to fire some very large boilers though. Looks like
> a heating oil flame if it is burning right.
>
> Perhaps I should retrofit my M51 with a steam turbine. Put a couple of
> thousand pounds of coal in the bed and take a drive! At $80-90/ton it
> might be a lot more economical than gas.
>
> FWIW,
>
> Dave
>
> santoken@bright.net wrote:
> > Sorry Mr. Bloom, but I'm pretty sure that Diesel first tried engines fired on coal dust...it didn't work. I think, iirc, it damn near killed him.
> >
> > Kent
> >
> >
> >
> >>From: m35products <m35prod@optonline.net>
> >>Date: Wed Oct 5, 9:47 AM
> >>To: santoken@bright.net, Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> >>Subject: Re: [MV] Cooking oil question
> >>
> >>No. Peanut oil.
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: <santoken@bright.net>
> >>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> >>Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 10:23 PM
> >>Subject: Re: [MV] Cooking oil question
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Acutally, if memory serves correctly, originally didn't Diesel try using
> >>
> >>the fuel coal dust?
> >>
> >>>Kent
> >>
> >>
> >
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