Do you think gasoline engine will be Disappear
Do you think gasoline engine will be Disappear
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Do you think gasoline engine will be Disappear?
what is your opinion? thanks!
what is your opinion? thanks!
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RE: Do you think gasoline engine will be Disappear
One day, yes. When it's no longer economically viable compared with the alternatives. Then there'll be old men with ear coming out of their ears & nose, waxing lyrical about "proper" engines. Like the steam buffs do these days.
- Steve
RE: Do you think gasoline engine will be Disappear
- Steve
RE: Do you think gasoline engine will be Disappear
Aircraft will use liquid fuelled gas turbines (which are actually internal combustion engines) or piston-expanders for the forseeable future.
Gasoline vs diesel is a bit of a toss-up. I guess it depends how much energy you can deliver to the bowser for a given set of raw material. How much LPG is available? why aren't we using that for cars, in in most countries? Emissions is no drama, and there is lots of it about.
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RE: Do you think gasoline engine will be Disappear
I expect to be long gone and the internal combustion engine will still be here!
RE: Do you think gasoline engine will be Disappear
The fuel must be stored at quite high pressure which creates a safety issue over and bove petrol or diesel.
Having said all that, I would option it or retrofit it to my next car if practical. In a Honda Integra it s not really practical due to room and potential return on investment time, however if I buy a tow car that might be an out of OEM warranty Japanese V6 utility dual cab or SUV, LPG will be part of the deal.
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RE: Do you think gasoline engine will be Disappear
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RE: Do you think gasoline engine will be Disappear
Free market economics will ensure that we never will run completely out of gasoline (or any fungible commodity for that matter). Because when the demand becomes greater than the supply the price will increase. Eventually, the price for the remaining supply becomes too great and consumers will stop buying it, and switch to some other fuel or mode of transportation.
Finally, contrary to what agenda-driven alarmists like Al Gore would have you believe, the world has well over 100 years' worth of economically recoverable feedstocks that can be made into gasoline (or some similar hydrocarbon fuel). And at the same time, the Otto cycle internal combustion engine continues, year after year, to become more efficient, more durable and reliable, more economical, and cleaner burning than any other mass-market-ready automotive propulsion system. The yearly improvements in the humble, gasoline-fueled, spark-ignited IC engine still continue to outpace the improvements in the fuel cell or electric drivetrains. And that's why it's currently the automotive powerplant of choice, and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future.
RE: Do you think gasoline engine will be Disappear
I think it's morally indefensible to devote croplands to culturing fuel for inferior, less efficient technology.
RE: Do you think gasoline engine will be Disappear
Obviously yes eventually. Definitely if the sun goes super nova.
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RE: Do you think gasoline engine will be Disappear
It could be worse. We could be taking croplands, plowing them over, and building expensive housing on them, so people can drive 15mpg trucks on 60 mile commutes while complaining (backhanded bragging) about how much money they are spending on fuel.
It's a lot easier to redirect crop use than it is to tear down scores of houses and convert back to agriculture.
RE: Do you think gasoline engine will be Disappear
The line distinguishing SI and CI engines are ever blurring, and in the near future, we will have engines that run partially in HCCI mode, but come from different design paradigms. One side will be HCCI engines based on today's SI engines (e.g. GM, Honda, VW's CGI, etc.), and the other side will be based on today's CI engines (e.g. VW's CCS, etc.). Unfortunately, there is still no agreement nor convergence of an alternative fuel standard that will run optimally on all OEMs' HCCI engines. GM is pushing E85, while VW promotes a second-gen biofuel similar to naphtha.
But emphatically, gasoline and "oil" as we know it will NOT disappear completely, only because we are now maturing the technology to make them from coal, natural gas and biomass as to be nearly indistinguishable the petroleum counterpart.