Cummins/ Achates Diesel
Do you think the new Diesel motor designed for the military will make it's way into consumer vehicles?
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Her's a hint: How many of the Multi-Fuel engines that were used in deuce-and-a-half 6X6s in the early to mid 1960s do you see in scaled -down versions for RVs and pickups?
None that I know of...
Then the age-old argument over "motor" or "engine".
You can have an electric motor, or a hydraulic motor, or an air motor. You can even have a vacuum motor.
But, when discussing internal combustion machinery, you can have an ICE (Internal Combustion Engine), or an External Combustion Engine. You can have a reciprocating engine or a turbine engine. You can have a gasoline, diesel, or multi-fuel engine.
Semantics can be such fun. Or, it can be a pain in the posterior. Call it as you see it, I quit caring long ago!
I am reminded of a welding course I took many years ago, sponsored by Eutectic. the company was on a crusade to differentiate between the machine used to weld (a welder) and the person who operates the machine (a weldor). Now, Eutectic no longer exists, and "welder" is used for both the person and the machine.
Oh, well....
None that I know of...
Then the age-old argument over "motor" or "engine".
You can have an electric motor, or a hydraulic motor, or an air motor. You can even have a vacuum motor.
But, when discussing internal combustion machinery, you can have an ICE (Internal Combustion Engine), or an External Combustion Engine. You can have a reciprocating engine or a turbine engine. You can have a gasoline, diesel, or multi-fuel engine.
Semantics can be such fun. Or, it can be a pain in the posterior. Call it as you see it, I quit caring long ago!
I am reminded of a welding course I took many years ago, sponsored by Eutectic. the company was on a crusade to differentiate between the machine used to weld (a welder) and the person who operates the machine (a weldor). Now, Eutectic no longer exists, and "welder" is used for both the person and the machine.
Oh, well....
