The Secret Life of Machines - The Engine Part 3

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Part 3 of the internal combustion engine. Brilliant 1980's educational series presented by Tim Hunkin and Rex Garrod.

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The Secret Life of Machines - The Engine Part 3

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  • greatest theme song ...

    greatest theme song ever. "the russians are coming" aka "take four" by val bennett

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  • I so love U tube, I ...

    I so love U tube, I remember watching this series when I was a nipper, It got me into engineering. Nuclear is the way forward, either that or millions of turbines

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  • "I've driven 80,000 ...

    "I've driven 80,000 miles in it and even with my poor maintenance it's never even failed once" Yes, perhaps because it's a Toyota :)

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  • that wont get rid ...

    that wont get rid of carbon dioxide and thats pritty much all that comes out of modern power stations... but back to the show... i watched this as a kid and loved it i still remeber the car stonhenge GREAT thanks :)

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  • It should be said, ...

    It should be said, power stations burn the fuel in a much more effeceint manner than internal combustion. You just can't beat steam for effeciency.

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  • some one did it ( ...

    some one did it (HHO gas part one (alternative to fossil fuels)

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  • Too inefficient. ...

    Too inefficient.
    The law of conservation of energy means that more energy will be spent separating water into hydrogen and oxygen than will be yielded by their combustion.

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  • How about ...

    How about separating hydrogen from oxygen through electrolysis and recombining them in the combustion chamber? HHO

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  • All you have to do ...

    All you have to do is trap the smoke in a huge barrel at the top of the tower with atomized sprayed water and then send the filtered black carbon sutt off to be disposed of. You can't get any greener than that. 100% proven method.

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