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Old 07-01-2008
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Re: Low cost gas engine doubles fuel economy

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Originally Posted by Imperator View Post
hummm how much for one engine etc.? well look, remember folks that order for any of the is to be truly worthy regarding dollars and sesne, the price of gas like it or not has to stay north of like $3.50......which I don't think will be a problem for quite a while.
I think they only have one engine.
And they've been pushing this design for years, the article says they've been pushing the DoD to use it for an airplane since 2001.

And you can have a car with gas over $4/gal, ask any European, they've been doing it for decades.
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