Re: Hybrid vehicles

[Steve Stegmann <stegmann@domain.elided>]

Richard,

1000 miles on a tank of gas.  Sounds like a fish carburetor to me.  Gas
turbines (mostly helicopter engines) aren't that efficient.  People use
them because they make a lot of power in a small light package.  That's
what enabled all the developments in helicopters in the last 25 years.

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