Was Goliath Stricken with Acromegaly?

[Waterwerx]

That would be real exciting if it were real. But alas it is fake, really fake. By the by, why do you think they would hid it? Do you know how many people would go to see? It would create so much money. And the people who found it would be world famous.

No idea if its real or fake, but I certainly wouldn't use that line of reasoning as a rubric for determination. For all the money it would generate, you would have to ask for who, at who's expense, and the resulting ramifications. For those who would stand to gain from it, there can be just as many(or more) that would lose and would prefer to keep it swept under the rug.

Its the same reasoning you would have to use when figuring out why after all of these years, we're still stuck with vehicles that haven't improved much in efficiency. Sure, companies would make lots of money designing more efficient automobiles, but at who's expense? The oil industry and anyone that is invested in it. If someone decided to manufacture a car that was capable of 100+ mpg for around the same cost of manufacturing the 30-40 mpg cars and sold them at similar prices, it would wreak havoc on the oil industry & the economy as a whole.
The only reason hybrid cars even made it to market is they still require fuel to run and have practically the same mpg as other cars when you exclude their hybrid aspect(which really doesn't add much considering the constraints). Plus they tend to be prohibitively expensive for most.

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

Its the same reasoning you would have to use when figuring out why after all of these years, we're still stuck with vehicles that haven't improved much in efficiency. Sure, companies would make lots of money designing more efficient automobiles, but at who's expense? The oil industry and anyone that is invested in it. If someone decided to manufacture a car that was capable of 100+ mpg for around the same cost of manufacturing the 30-40 mpg cars and sold them at similar prices, it would wreak havoc on the oil industry & the economy as a whole.
The only reason hybrid cars even made it to market is they still require fuel to run and have practically the same mpg as other cars when you exclude their hybrid aspect(which really doesn't add much considering the constraints). Plus they tend to be prohibitively expensive for most.

Just 'deciding' to make a much more efficient car engine at a lower cost doesn't mean you can actually make one. There are limits to the work energy you can get out of a fuel and thermodynamic limits to the efficiency of an engine. Once you achieve a certain level of efficiency, the law of diminishing returns kicks in, and it becomes increasingly difficult - and expensive - to produce smaller and smaller improvements. I hear there are more efficient ICEs than than the current crop of car engines, but you have to take more than simple efficiency into account; materials, manufacturing, reliability, maintenance & repair, pollution, lifetime, recycling, fuel cost & availability, etc., must all be factored in. There are no magical solutions.

 

[Waterwerx]

Just 'deciding' to make a much more efficient car engine at a lower cost doesn't mean you can actually make one. There are limits to the work energy you can get out of a fuel and thermodynamic limits to the efficiency of an engine. Once you achieve a certain level of efficiency, the law of diminishing returns kicks in, and it becomes increasingly difficult - and expensive - to produce smaller and smaller improvements. I hear there are more efficient ICEs than than the current crop of car engines, but you have to take more than simple efficiency into account; materials, manufacturing, reliability, maintenance & repair, pollution, lifetime, recycling, fuel cost & availability, etc., must all be factored in. There are no magical solutions.

I can tell you its achievable and has been so for years. The issue does not lie in the efficiency of the fuel, but rather making the reaction of the fuel --> energy more efficient, which has been done already. This is coming from a professor at my college who has a PhD in chemistry and biology among other things, worked for big corporations in those fields as well as biotechnology & environmental toxicology, and holds a number of patents in those fields.

The simple fact of the matter is both auto manufacturers and big oil companies, in conjunction with the government, have deliberately retarded progress in this for their own economic reasons/gains.

 

[Ygrene Imref]

I can tell you its achievable and has been so for years. The issue does not lie in the efficiency of the fuel, but rather making the reaction of the fuel --> energy more efficient, which has been done already. This is coming from a professor at my college who has a PhD in chemistry and biology among other things, worked for big corporations in those fields as well as biotechnology & environmental toxicology, and holds a number of patents in those fields.

The simple fact of the matter is both auto manufacturers and big oil companies, in conjunction with the government, have deliberately retarded progress in this for their own economic reasons/gains.

This is what is behind the veil of academia: hidden technologies.

It isn't so much that the technology is hidden. Anyone can learn a discipline in science or math, and figure out innovations and discoveries. The problem is they are likely already patented, discovered or owned.

100% Oil/Gas independent vehicle technology has existed for decades. It is not public consumption because more legislation can be passed, and more money can be made in slow-trickling technology. The goal is to make as much money on basic technology on a consumer level - and then introduce new technology as part of a geopolitical, economical and/or military paradigm shift. The goal isn't to provide the populace with the most efficient, cleanest, cheapest accessible form of energy. That doesn't make money.



The patent for antigravity levitating crafts has already been released; consumers (i.e. civilians) must continue to buy oil-based technology while militaries and private industries utelize technology that most people think is conspiracy.

 

[Radrook]

So man as a mammal experiences time delay problems in neural transmission while other bipedal creatures such as T Rex, and Terror Birds who dwarf them didn't. Very strange!

This ape was 12 feet tall!
Gigantopithecus

God point!