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Posted by Mr. G on February 6, 2008, 9:16 am
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(d021317c@yahoo.com) says...
> And as for "infinity," what about a car which uses the energy it gains
> from going downhill, or downwind, to take water and carbon dioxide out
> of the atmosphere and make gasoline out of them? Its MPG would hop from
> positive infinity to negative infinity, and then go up with increasing
> efficiency!
If it was possible to generate gasoline, or any fuel, out of thin air we
wouldn't even know what OPEC was.
We might as well have a discussion of the benefits of powering cars on
happy thoughts. It could flash images of puppies and kittens in front
of the driver when it needed an extra boost for going uphill.
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