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Re:Mazda hopes to achieve 56% thermal efficiency with gasoli... by rocqua on Saturday February 03, 2018 @02:18PM (#16299036)
Really, when fossil fuels get more expensive you'd like a non fossil fuel based engine. Efficient engines are incentivized by high fuel prices only as compared to less efficient fossil fuel engines.
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Re:Mazda hopes to achieve 56% thermal efficiency with gasoli... by loverofthings on Saturday February 03, 2018 @04:38PM (#16299825)
Some stuff does not work easily with non fossil fuel based engines. What better way than to refine current tech instead of inventing a whole new one?
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