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Old 05-13-2011, 10:32 AM
 
Location: West Orange, NJ
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direct injection + stop-start technology can give us some modest improvements. combine that with figuring out ways to make cars a bit lighter (maybe give up some soundproofing for better mileage?), and we could get an improvement over what we currently have.
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Old 05-23-2011, 04:53 AM
 
Location: Between Heaven And Hell.
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I suppose the beauty of this thread is that I can’t tell anyone how it works. I would like to, but I can’t. What I can say, is that I came up with the idea whilst designing a compressor.
Great thing Insomnia!
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Old 05-23-2011, 11:32 AM
 
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I suppose the beauty of this thread is that I can’t tell anyone how it works. I would like to, but I can’t. What I can say, is that I came up with the idea whilst designing a compressor.
Great thing Insomnia!
Awww come on, you can tell me, tell you what, you tell me how you did this and I'll tell you how I came up with the idea of transmitting power collected by solar cells wirelessly with zero transmission loss for up to a distance of 500 miles.

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Old 05-23-2011, 03:38 PM
 
Location: La Jolla, CA
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If you had come up with an idea that could double the efficiency of the internal combustion engine, would you tell?

With all the money tied up in the fuel industry, and the losses that this could easily cause so many companies and shareholders, would you dare to tell?
Hell yes I'd tell. Not my problem if some other company loses out on my invention. That's the beauty of competition.
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Old 05-23-2011, 07:43 PM
 
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Well... you start by putting the car on this VERY tall hill...
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Old 05-23-2011, 08:41 PM
 
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200 MPG, here ya go........



Fish like in another sucker got hooked....
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Old 05-23-2011, 09:26 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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I suppose the beauty of this thread is that I can’t tell anyone how it works. I would like to, but I can’t. What I can say, is that I came up with the idea whilst designing a compressor.
Great thing Insomnia!
Your English is excellent for a Nigerian. I'm happy to see you guys working on that. Those early emails were simply atrocious.
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Old 05-24-2011, 11:19 AM
 
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200 MPG, here ya go........



Fish like in another sucker got hooked....
This appears to be quite old by the looks of the image, patents only run 20 years. Anyone would be able to use this design.
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Old 05-24-2011, 04:25 PM
 
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This appears to be quite old by the looks of the image, patents only run 20 years. Anyone would be able to use this design.
Excellent observation.... It was meant to be sarcastic to the OP
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Old 05-25-2011, 07:15 AM
 
Location: DC
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snopes.com: Miracle Carburetor
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