[Gasification] Homemade gas turbines

[David G. LeVine]

At 11:03 AM 7/16/2007, you wrote:
>    If turbines are as efficient as IC engines, it's funny they've 
> never caught on in cars and trucks. And one place where they were 
> more recently tried, the US military tanks, they have been replaced 
> at great expense with diesels to get more range.

Turbines only work well when they are running at or near full 
output.  Anything less and their efficiency drops.


David G. LeVine
Nashua, NH  03060