New invention could benefit RVers.
A Highland Park Illinois teenager has invented a device which can increase our fuel economy by 10% to 20%. Read the Scientific American article here.
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Popsie wrote:
I applaud this youngster for his efforts, and predict he will go far just by applying well known principles.
However, the real impact would come from getting a number of large school districts (to make the carrot big enough) to issue fuel efficiency goals as part of their high volume bus acquisitions.
Take a look at bus concepts.
I sent a congratulatory e-mail in 2010 when he started this idea for a school project but warned him that the school bus industry moves slow.
The Blue Bird school bus body that he is standing in front of has not had a change in body shape since 1965 and the windshield has the very same dimensions and vertical mounting since 1962 and up to the present day. 51 Years same windshield.
The very first bus shown in the bus concepts is a Flxible bus. A popular type used in many WWll movies & the movie "RV" staring Robin Williams. Our family converted 2 into motorhomes and I still have the 1941 model that my father converted in 1952.
Dwight
