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Backseat Driver

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1. Question? Would use of the created DME fuel require retooling/different

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Wed Nov 30, 2022, 12:02 AM

Nov 2022

controls of end user diesel vehicles? If not, working out the kinks in production as well as OSHA stuff for worker safety--seems sort of do-able, and by-products of end-users burning this fuel seem both non-toxic with less wear-and-tear on engine parts while by-products of production could be re-cycled for other uses? Seems a good reason for keeping "nuclear" options open, but I'm totally clueless about industrial chemistry.

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An interesting reactor H2O free approach for the direct synthesis of the wonder fuel DME. [View all] NNadir Nov 2022 OP

Question? Would use of the created DME fuel require retooling/different Backseat Driver Nov 2022 #1

Mack/Volvo are adapting diesel engines to run on DME; modifications are required, but are minor. NNadir Nov 2022 #2