http://donklephant.com/2007/07/05/water-in-your-fuel-tank/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://donklephant.com/2007/07/05/water-in-your-fuel-tank/comment-page-1/#comment-716185 Joy Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:06:19 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/07/05/water-in-your-fuel-tank/#comment-716185 I would love to see something like this for all of us, but I have my doubts. Even if the technology broke through tomorrow, we wouldn't see it put into car for a decade or two. More likely what would happen is the oil company would offer the inventor a gagillion dollars for the patent and then we would never see it. This happened quite a few years ago when a man invented a carburetor that got 100 miles to the gallon. Have you seen this one yet? They didn't become rich overnight and you can bet they want to stay that way, even if it means we don't get free, cheap energy. I would love to see something like this for all of us, but I have my doubts. Even if the technology broke through tomorrow, we wouldn’t see it put into car for a decade or two. More likely what would happen is the oil company would offer the inventor a gagillion dollars for the patent and then we would never see it. This happened quite a few years ago when a man invented a carburetor that got 100 miles to the gallon. Have you seen this one yet? They didn’t become rich overnight and you can bet they want to stay that way, even if it means we don’t get free, cheap energy.

]]> http://donklephant.com/2007/07/05/water-in-your-fuel-tank/comment-page-1/#comment-382585 Neil Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:27:17 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/07/05/water-in-your-fuel-tank/#comment-382585 Aluminum fuel tanks. Aluminum fuel tanks.

]]> http://donklephant.com/2007/07/05/water-in-your-fuel-tank/comment-page-1/#comment-367863 Joshua Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:45:52 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/07/05/water-in-your-fuel-tank/#comment-367863 Elephant in the room: If this catches on, how severely will this tax the nation's fresh-water supply? Or could this technology run on un-desalinated sea water? Then again, even if it can, how would fuel tanks be kept from corroding? Elephant in the room: If this catches on, how severely will this tax the nation’s fresh-water supply? Or could this technology run on un-desalinated sea water? Then again, even if it can, how would fuel tanks be kept from corroding?

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