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Default More on electric cars.

"Doctor Drivel" wrote:
"tony sayer" wrote in message ...
In article , Doctor Drivel invalid@not-
for-mail.invalid scribeth thus

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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The one thing you need on generators is the ability to run long periods
without breaking. Wankel engines wore the seals out in a few hundred hours
if that.

Oh no! He thinks it is the 1960/70s again. Not that old one. The seal
problem was solved decades ago. The Russians have a design that has the
seal in the engine body, which can easily be replaced by removing a plate -
DIY job. This shows his age and state of mind.


If they are as good as that any reason they haven't made a re
introduction to automotive in more recent years?..


The same reason we will have highly inefficient piston engines. Corporations run matters.


One of the joys of being a conspiracy theorist must be never having to
think. *Anything* can be explained away once you believe in conspiracies.

Tim