Date:         Sun, 27 Aug 2000 14:41:06 PDT
Reply-To:     Mark Dorm <mark_hb@hotmail.com>
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From:         Mark Dorm <mark_hb@hotmail.com>
Subject:      Re: Better Mileage Anyone? (without going ala Lilley)
Comments: To: wagner01@erols.com
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We're that inefficient??? So what if there is a way to increase our own
efficiency - better lymph node flow through deep breathing - better use of
the body via feldenkrais training.... which also frees the breathing... they
say were engineered to last 120 years... some people once put some chicken
cells in a pristine environment and they lived so far outside the normal
range of expectations that they ended up killing the cells to end the
experiment....


>From: James W Wagner <wagner01@erols.com>
>
>I think I remember that an internal combustion engine is about 23%
>efficient
>(work out/energy in), nearly the same as the human body.
>
>James
>Mark Dorm wrote:
>
> > The heat (that isn't converted to motion) is still lost energy - its a
>lack
> > of efficiency - its energy released from the fuel that moves out into
>the
> > environment - I forget but isn't a gas engine only about 40 or 60
>percent
> > efficient in its transfer of energy from fuel to motion - wouldn't we
>better
> > off measuring the speed of the piston upon explosion - and if theres an
> > upper limit for how fast a particular piston can move then won't a
>hotter
> > spark (that goes beyond that limit) just result in more heat being lost
>to
> > the system
>

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