Comments on: 376 mpg car in 1973? http://www.thoughtprocessinteractive.com/blog/376-mpg-car-in-1973 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:52:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://www.thoughtprocessinteractive.com/blog/376-mpg-car-in-1973/comment-page-1#comment-5 James Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:56:14 +0000 http://thinktpi.tpidev2.com/www/blog/?p=13#comment-5 Looks like Mythbusters tested the 300MPG Opel mystery. I could hear it on tv downstairs while I was working upstairs, so I’m not sure if they busted it or what… and their wiki doesn’t really say: http://mythbusters-wiki.discovery.com/page/Episode+53%3A+Exploding+Pants%2C+Great+Gas+Conspiracy Looks like Mythbusters tested the 300MPG Opel mystery. I could hear it on tv downstairs while I was working upstairs, so I’m not sure if they busted it or what… and their wiki doesn’t really say:

http://mythbusters-wiki.discovery.com/page/Episode+53%3A+Exploding+Pants%2C+Great+Gas+Conspiracy

]]> By: James http://www.thoughtprocessinteractive.com/blog/376-mpg-car-in-1973/comment-page-1#comment-4 James Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:27:00 +0000 http://thinktpi.tpidev2.com/www/blog/?p=13#comment-4 I heard a segment on NPR last night about some metals becoming very valuable because of their use in jet engines: rhenium, titanium, etc. They’re so valuable because they’re used to make super-alloys with aluminum, which are very heat resistant. This allows the jets to run a lot hotter, increasing the gas mileage. Kind of the same concept the articles above point to… I heard a segment on NPR last night about some metals becoming very valuable because of their use in jet engines: rhenium, titanium, etc. They’re so valuable because they’re used to make super-alloys with aluminum, which are very heat resistant. This allows the jets to run a lot hotter, increasing the gas mileage. Kind of the same concept the articles above point to…

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