Possum Living: Opposed Piston Opposed Cylinder, 2-Cycle Diesel Engine

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Opposed Piston Opposed Cylinder, 2-Cycle Diesel Engine

Pay close attention to this design, and note how the connecting-rod thrust against the crankshaft is cancelled. This is much more efficient than the designs we currently use in that forces that are normally wasted as heat and contribute to wear in the engine, are harnessed and used as motive force.

2 comments:

Todd S. said...: I like it. Too bad the purpose behind all this good stuff getting developed is to make war more efficient.; February 12, 2011 at 7:28 AM
Tracy said...: That's the way it is with a lot of stuff.; February 12, 2011 at 12:03 PM

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Possum living is all about living on our own terms, slowing down and kicking back and doing what we really want to be doing instead of burning ourselves out in the pursuit of what society tells us we should strive for. It is about finding easier and more interesting ways of providing what we really need, as an alternative to paying the high price in time, money and freedom that society extracts in exchange for servicing these needs; and about finding the strength to say no to those services we don't really need.

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Government regulation generates unforeseen problems, which excuses more regulation, which causes still more unforeseen problems.

Ludwig von Mises

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