[Vwdiesel] negative aspects of burning water

[Roger Brown]

Val Christian wrote:
>> motor and batteries.  Size the engine to just have enough power for highway cruising.
>>    Roger
> 
> And what is that?  Unline the power demands of an airplane, the power demands 
> for vehicle cruise are highly dependent upon grade, wind, and road 
> conditions.  Those vary considerably.  For example, what is an acceptable
> cruise grade? 3%, 6%? In some areas, interstates exceed those grades,
> given local circumstances.  Add in winds, curvy roads, etc, and the 
> cruise setting doesn't looks like it would in Kansas or NW Ohio.
> 
> Val

Yes, that would be the key.  You would need to run simulations and do statistical analysis 
to find some 95% (or whatever) condition to size the engine power output to.

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   Roger