You can burn things other than gasoline, you know.The tech tree on page three was one of the best I've seen. They should add "petroleum distillation" before "internal combustion engine." And that's assuming the materials they need are available. Metal alloys means they need the right amounts of iron, nickel, chromium, aluminum, coal to make coke, crude oil, etc.
Once they figure out refractory bricks they should make a crucible furnace!
I thought I made a typo, and it turns out I did, thanks"With our powers combined..."
Ugh, that hurt.
You mean like Diesel, Kerosene, or jet fuel? Those are all distillates of petroleum. What non-petroleum fuel are you thinking of that could power an airplane? Wood? Coal? Ethanol?You can burn things other than gasoline, you know.
Says internal combustion engine, not jet engine, could be any of a number of other types and scales of engine and fuel. They could be popping popcorn and it would still be an internal combustion engine that doesn't rely on petroleum, not everything runs on a distillate of petrol.You mean like Diesel, Kerosene, or jet fuel? Those are all distillates of petroleum. What non-petroleum fuel are you thinking of that could power an airplane? Wood? Coal? Ethanol?
I wasn't even thinking that, but I'm glad if it helped; I was busy cringing at the Captain Planet - sounding reference. ^_^;I thought I made a typo, and it turns out I did, thanks![]()
But they're explicitly working on building airplanes. An internal combustion engine spec'd for anything else is a straw man. And the best fuels with the highest energy outputs are petroleum distillates. Unless they go the route of "Other world material substitute."Says internal combustion engine, not jet engine, could be any of a number of other types and scales of engine and fuel. They could be popping popcorn and it would still be an internal combustion engine that doesn't rely on petroleum, not everything runs on a distillate of petrol.
I mean surely there'd be a bio-fuel alternative? If you can run a car on that shit, dont think a plane is too much of a stretch no?But they're explicitly working on building airplanes. An internal combustion engine spec'd for anything else is a straw man. And the best fuels with the highest energy outputs are petroleum distillates. Unless they go the route of "Other world material substitute."
I'll ask again- what fuel do you have in mind?
They aren't starting with jetliners though, a small single person plane could be run on just about anything, like vegetable oil, and that's assuming there isn't some monster alternative like salamander spit turning out to be kerosene, in a case similar to how the werewolves are sources of iron and steel.But they're explicitly working on building airplanes. An internal combustion engine spec'd for anything else is a straw man. And the best fuels with the highest energy outputs are petroleum distillates. Unless they go the route of "Other world material substitute."
I'll ask again- what fuel do you have in mind?
Vegetable oil is just fine for now.But they're explicitly working on building airplanes. An internal combustion engine spec'd for anything else is a straw man. And the best fuels with the highest energy outputs are petroleum distillates. Unless they go the route of "Other world material substitute."
I'll ask again- what fuel do you have in mind?