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Originally Posted by Wolferz
Preaching to the choir. 
Try tuning the triple carb setup on a '53 corvette six banger. I've done it.  .
I have rebuilt about every kind of carb ever used.
GM started tinkering with fuel injection in 1957 but didn't really get serious about it until around 1970. Brought about, as was mentioned above, by electronic control systems. The ECM (Electronic Control Module) was first invented for use in the space shuttle program. Little computers designed for their light weight. Which enabled them to be used as multiple redundant systems on the shuttle orbiters. First applied to automobile engines made by GM around 1976 and were standard equipment from 1977 on.
Unless someone comes up with a commercially and economically viable battery powered system, hydrogen will become the fuel of the future as fossil fuels begin to wane in their abundance. It burns so much cleaner than that dirty old gasoline.
Stainless steel exhaust systems will become a priority due to hydrogen's exhaust type being water.
As for my claim that the oil companies squelched new patents on more fuel efficient equipment, there is no proof that can be readily accessed for public viewing. If you ran a big oil company...
How deep would you bury that kind of damning information?
Look how deep Tesla's inventions and research got buried by the " Owners of society" with the blessings of their government.
It's all about the Benjamins boys and girls. |
I do not know if I fully agree with your argument that oil companies wanted things to be less efficient per say they also have some of the best chemists working for them so they can come up with all manner of things.
This defies logic from a supply sense if fuel was consumed too rapidly then they would be unable to supply it fast enough in order to meet demand.No large business operation makes a good profit by having an in demand product become too scarce or have notable supply issues.It is bad for business legal or illegal.Look at how much money and effort drug cartels around the world put into supply.
With an electric vehicle the money is in charging the batteries I predict this will cause suppliers to focus on short life span rapid charge time batteries they want people to stop for a short time more often than a long span less often.It is not really in their best interest to produce a battery that has a very long life span(per charge) but also lengthy change time.Of course the thing I love about a 100% electric car is that it still relies on fossil fuels where did the electricity that charged that battery come from most likely a coal fired power plant.
People tend to forget that when automobiles first came into use there where three major power sources 1.Steam 2.Gasoline 3.Electric it took about ten years for the gasoline powered automobile to dominate the market.It will take at least that long for a fully viable replacement of gasoline/diesel powered vehicles to take over.And in large diesel/diesel-electric applications such as ships,trains(North American) and large tucks and other heavy equipment it may take a while longer before something comes along that can equal or surpass the torque that a diesel/diesel-electric can generate in the same size package(a very large electric motor can produce far more torque but is not mobile and is typically powered by water turbines or coal or natural gas powered turbines(think power plant applications).