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Senior Andy Jamison's book. The Steam Powered Automobile, is an examination of the problems of pollution caused by automobiles. More importantly, however, it provides a viable alternative to the chief cause of air pollution-the internal combustion engine...
JAMISON traces the history of the steam-powered vehicles and says that the reason we are not driving them now is not because they are inefficient. He argues that only through superior business practices, accidents of history, personality factors, and a general lack of knowledge about pollution did the gasoline engine men, led by Henry Ford, came to dominate the automotive industry...
...next slide shows a steam car. This is one we put together. De had another steam car put together by a plant manufacturer of steam cars so we have this one plus that one and some other engines that we have worked with...
...this instance, with that engine, we had to lengthen the hood on the Grand Prix another 7 inches to get it in because of condenser problems-there are mechanical problems you've got to appreciate. You've got a real problem condensing the water in a steam engine. We've got an engine that weighs twice as much as the normal engine and has about half the power output...
Again, the steam engine does very well on hydro-carbon and carbon monoxide, but will not pass the oxides of nitrogen requirements...