50% Efficiency Boost From New Fuel Injection System

chudnall notes a Technology Review story on a new gas engine injection system that promises increased efficiency of up to 50%. "The key is heating and pressurizing gasoline before injecting it into the combustion chamber, says Mike Rocke, Transonic's vice president of business development. This puts it into a supercritical state that allows for very fast and clean combustion, which in turn decreases the amount of fuel needed to propel a vehicle. The company also treats the gasoline with a catalyst that 'activates' it, partially oxidizing it to enhance combustion."

Comments

Doesn't solve the oil problem

[sandertje]

Even if it greatly reduces fuel usage, this still won't solve the energy problem the world faces. New combustion engines aren't the future; renewable energy is.

Re:Fascinating...

[rcamans]

I don't know. Why don't you take a few thousand really deep wiffs of it and let us know? Oh, yeh, you might have to take a few thousand really deep wiffs of bullshit to calibrate your bs detector as well. Have fun!