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Author Topic: Is it a new, highly efficient combustion engine...  (Read 2587 times)

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Is it a new, highly efficient combustion engine...
« on: June 27, 2008, 08:46:33 AM »
...or robot porn?




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Re: Is it a new, highly efficient combustion engine...
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2008, 11:25:38 AM »
So.  How much mainstream press do you think that will get before it gets completely buried, never to be seen again?
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Re: Is it a new, highly efficient combustion engine...
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2008, 11:33:35 AM »
I got $20 on it never making it there.
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Re: Is it a new, highly efficient combustion engine...
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2008, 11:41:46 AM »
Watching the gears as they turn reminds me of bodies in motion /wildsexintheworkingclass
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Re: Is it a new, highly efficient combustion engine...
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2008, 11:58:59 AM »
The only way we will see a breakthrough like this become mainstream is if Shell or Exxon develop it themselves.
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Re: Is it a new, highly efficient combustion engine...
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2008, 01:12:03 AM »
Looks nifty, but yeah, it won't go anywhere for a good long while.
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