A Waste of Energy

Well, now we can all go home. A Brazilian scientist has come up with a solution to the global energy crisis. Thanks to Charles Stevens for forwarding this link:

http://thoriumforum.com/brazilian-scientist-finds-solution-global-energy-crisis

You can say one thing for how the higher MPG quest has affected the auto industry: At the recently concluded Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress in Detroit, there were a lot of odd-ball internal combustion engine designs on display, most from inventors who are out of Detroit’s mainstream. In years past, automakers wouldn’t have given these contraptions a second look. Today, they don’t seem to be as dismissive of technology that is out of the mainstream, probably because they are open for any new ideas for boosting MPGs. One observation: A lot of these engines split the combustion cycle, using one cylinder for intake and a second cylinder for the power stroke.
In Detroit, we stopped by the Scuderi Group and looked at their split cycle engine:
Not all the novel ideas were ICEs. Protean was also there with its electric wheel hub induction motors put in a Mercedes:
Also displaying at SAE was a genuine backyard inventor with an interesting rotary engine:
Monty Cleeves showed off his super-efficient split cycle design:
Then there was the two-stroke Grail engine: