tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350900071703238442.post5163431307415029959..comments2023-10-29T10:23:51.132-04:00Comments on Sully's Side: Electrorheology Leads to Efficient CombustionSullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252150116803332194noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350900071703238442.post-42026350903097176952008-11-25T13:31:00.000-05:002008-11-25T13:31:00.000-05:00This is a first class scam. However I am not sure ...This is a first class scam. However I am not sure whether Dr. Tao, a physics professor with no previous interest in internal combustion engines, had been taken advantage of by STWA people and got the "study" published in the well-known scholarly journal Energy and Fuels. But the story is not over yet. A university of Toronto combustion professor wrote a Comment on Tao's paper claiming that laws thermodynamics are violated. See "Gulder "Comments on Electrorheology Leads Efficient Combustion by Tao et al." Energy and Fules, ASAP in press (doi:10.1021/ef800829v). Prof. Gulder's Comment can be accessed at http://arrow.utias.utoronto.ca/~ogulder/Z_Energy&Fuels2009comb_eff.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350900071703238442.post-36314117442809362662008-09-27T21:47:00.000-04:002008-09-27T21:47:00.000-04:00Nice blog, Sully! I'll have to drop by more often...Nice blog, Sully! I'll have to drop by more often!TheBitterAmericanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00011945492708974995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350900071703238442.post-30222419399460650592008-09-27T13:09:00.000-04:002008-09-27T13:09:00.000-04:00I'm still skeptical about this. One thing I didn'...I'm still skeptical about this. One thing I didn't mention is that the researcher only ran the test car for 6 months. Detroit has to test things and know they will work for years with little or no maintenance. Another thing the engineers will need to look at is the effect of the more efficient combustion on the cylinder linings and the engine overall.<BR/><BR/>You're not alone in your suspicions about oil interests trying to influence auto interests. I think the typical auto executive would gladly run right over the typical oil executive and his whole family if it would increase sales, profits and his annual bonus; but I can understand the concern.Sullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07252150116803332194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350900071703238442.post-28746811705169684492008-09-27T00:33:00.000-04:002008-09-27T00:33:00.000-04:00When it comes to making more fuel efficient vehicl...When it comes to making more fuel efficient vehicles, I think that American car manufacturers don't want to incur the costs of design and retooling.<BR/><BR/>From what I was able to get from the article, this device would require minimal design changes.<BR/><BR/>I do wonder at times if the oil companies try to discourage the auto makers from becoming too fuel efficient.<BR/><BR/>***Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com