Fuel economy help

Just saw an article by AP. It seems that Auburn University has made a breakthrough
in fuel cell research. They now have a practical way of catalytically separating
the hydrogen from the carbon and sulphur in conventional fuels such as diesel.
When used in a vehicle equipped with a fuel cell, fuel consumption is about one-
third of what the same vehicle uses with a diesel engine. Since one of the major
problems the military faces is supplying their toys with gas in a combat area,
the military is *very* interested, and development sponsored by the military
tends to produce results somewhat more rapidly than other. For one thing, the
Army doesn't pay much attention to companies with vested interest in keeping
mileage low.

It will be interesting to see how this can be adapted to aircraft.

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."