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Re: Gas turbine/electric hybrid?
Bret Ludwig wrote:
>>There are better options under development... one being the CAM-Vane engine
>>which developes a lot of power in a little space, runs on diesel without
>>sounding like one and is pretty light weight for power produced, thus is
>>economical...{being developed for unmanned drone aircraft} no word on the
>>pollution aspects, but I'd guess they're no worse that a wankel.
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> Anything developed for, or primarily intended for sale to the DOD is
> going to be so overpriced due to contractor spoilage as to not be worth
> considering.
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You are being rather short sighted and provincial. Many technologies
get their start in military applications where the development costs can
be borne, then later make their way to commercial use.
In fact, the Internet we are using started as a DOD project. Much of
the early funding for the semiconductor industry came by way of the
military as well.
John
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