"Martin" wrote in message
news:f7qe54l518edv6i5f2ua2o58dk9l6ok2bd@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:57:43 +0100, "nightjar"
> here>.me.uk> wrote:
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>>"Martin" wrote in message
>>news:cf1b54pmm22g34cl19kkejotg224s8jv5l@4ax.com...
>>> On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:27:28 -0500, "Gregory Morrow"
>>>
>>> wrote:
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>>>>
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>>>>Martin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 15 Jun 2008 13:43:48 GMT, Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> >Markku Grönroos wrote in
>>>>> >news:LF85k.18314$_03.6641@reader1.news.saunalahti.fi:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> "Wolfgang Schwanke" kirjoitti
>>>>> >> viestissä:6bkie8F3c86f2U4@mid.uni-berlin.de...
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> The problem is, when you break down water into its components, you
>>>>> >>> have to put in as much energy as you later hope to extract.
>>>>> >>> There's
>>>>> >>> no way around this. The unexplained "MEA" process must use some
>>>>> >>> unmentioned
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >> Alright then spoilsport. But are you quite certain about this?
>>>>> >
>>>>> >Unless my school chemistry & physics fails me, yes.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> No way around this by contemporary tools?
>>>>> >
>>>>> >It's not a question of tools.
>>>>> >The most basic law of physics is: You can't get energy for free.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's mechanism for transporting energy, not creating it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The Germans did it first with the Amphicar...
>>>>
>>>>Always kinda reminded me of an aquatic DAF...
>>>
>>> The Americans did it before with the DUKW.
>>
>>The Amphicar was based upon the wartime work the inventor did on the
>>Schwimmwagen, which predated the DUKW. However, amphibious vehicles date
>>back to the mid-18th century.
>
> That doesn't alter the fact that DUKW were mass produced long before the
> Amphicar.
However, it does mean that the Germans were there before the Americans. The
other poster simply got the wrong vehicle. The Schwimmwagen was produced in
greater numbers than any other amphibious vehicle.
Colin Bignell
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