On Feb 3, 2011, at 10:26 AM, James Newton wrote: > burns ANYTHING cleanly and completely. I find it difficult to believe that this is possible. There are a lot =20 of purely mechanical advantages to the fossil fuels we use now, even =20 supposing that a proposed replacement doesn't have what would =20 currently be considered unacceptable levels of particular pollution... (that nit out of the way, I don't see any reason that a better =20 external combustion engine isn't exciting for a lot of other reasons...) BillW --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .