I get it. The batteries they would sell would outsell oil, which would undercut the oil business by making even more money selling batteries. therefore, they don't want to make money.

It's all coming clear.

B

I don't know thier motives, I'm just pointing out what they have done, which has been widely reported in the media.

And the media is not in the least bit biased with the information they report?

I give up

Its a V8 that acts like a V4.

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2005 Toyota Sienna
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V6 that acts like a V4

But have they actually built one? The site is silent on this. It appears that they are looking for investors.

If they haven't built one, they can't be sure that it is really more efficient than existing piston engines.

Or turbines.

I love how they claim it "yields virtually no pollutants" yet its only good on meeting emissions requirements up to 2012.

If you like charging 8 hours for every couple you run the car, thats great. The other aspect totally ignored is that even if EV became popular, the battery disposal problem would SWAMP us. Tires and batteries are a huge problem now, it would get way out of hand.

Be careful what you wish for. remember the story about the guy that was walking down the street and he had a size 1 head. He explained, "I found a genie in a bottle, I got a wish and I asked for a little head"

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From: john.zajac@zajacmotors.com
Subject: Re: Engine technology
Date: October 13, 2008 1:01:07 PM MDT
To: ln******@cox.net

Dear Lance,

Thank you for your interest. I will try to answer your questions below but please allow me to know your level of interest and how you came to contact us.
On Oct 13, 2008, at 11:14 AM, Lance N. wrote:

How is the Zajac engine any different in operation than a common turbine engine, other than using reciprocating pistons instead of vanes?
### That is the main difference but it is most significant. Turbine engine suffer an efficiency loss because they are not positive displacement, as a result they must run at very high flows (high speed).
They also use expensive close fitting parts to reduce the losses.

Last I checked, turbines and jets make pollution too.
### Yes they do. In part because of the high speed required. We have demonstrated that time and temperature are the key. Our engine keeps the air fuel mixture in the combustion chamber 10 times longer than in a standard piston engine which allows the fuel to be completely burned. The closed loop temperature control prevents the majority of NOx formation—the result is virtually no pollution.

If your engine really "yields virtually no pollutants", why is it only good through 2012?
### I am not sure where 2012 is coming from. Certainly our engine meets and exceeds the 2012 federal standards without any need for pollution control. It also meets the 2016 standards.

In any case, its most definitely not a Diesel engine.
### You may be correct. It depends on the definition of a Diesel engine. The old standard definition, which I favor, defines it as an engine in which fuel is ignited by the heat of compression. Our engine would do this as our heat of compression is 850˚K or 577˚C (Diesel ignites at 250˚C), thus the fuel would ignite spontaneously upon injection. Of course ignition is also insured by the fact that the combustion chamber is at 1700˚ K. The newer definition supported by the DoE and its sponsorship of DEER is that a Diesel engine is an engine that runs on Diesel fuel.

I hope that this is of some help. Please do let me know more of your level of interest and how you came to contact us.

Best wishes,

John

Well I want to know if it runs on banana peels and coffee grounds like Mr. Fusion.

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Are you one of those peak hydrogen crackpots?

and where will the energy come from to charge said batteries?


it has to come from somewhere. Most electrical energy is coal/oil/natural gas.


In my eyes, they solve nothing.

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They do solve something. Electricity off of the grid may seem expensive until you compare the cost with gasoline.

Let's say that your car gets 30mpg at a 60 mph and it must produce 15 hp. 15 hp is less than 12Kw. To go thirty miles takes 1/2 hour, so that's 6KWH to replace a gallon of fuel. You can buy that gallon of gasoline for about $3 today. 6KWH costs about $.72.

Plus it is easier to regulate the power plant that produces said electricity than regulating all the crappy cars on the road spitting out oil and blue smoke out their exhaust Or those crazies who insist on burning used motor oil in their OM617s

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