Comments by "TinLeadHammer" (@TinLeadHammer) on "" video.
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The AP man addressed Elroy Braithwaite. "Mr. Vale made a statement last night that the auto companies are guilty of conspiracy and some other things because they haven't made serious efforts to develop an alternative to the internal combustion engine."
The Silver Fox nodded. "What Mr. Vale said about the engines being available now is true. There are various kinds; most of them work, and we have several ourselves in our test center. What Vale didn't say is that there still isn't a hope in hell of making a steam or electric engine for cars, at low cost, low weight, and good convenience, in the foreseeable future. ... The most important breakthrough will come from elsewhere."
"What will it be?"
"Something significant, and coming soon for every car, is an on-board computer." joined Adam. "it will be small, about the size of a glove compartment."
"A computer to do what?"
"Just about anything; you name it. it will monitor engine components - plugs, fuel injection, all the others. it will control emissions and warn if the engine is polluting. and in other ways it will be revolutionary."
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"Well," the Newsweek brunette said; now that she was standing, she appeared taller and more lissome than when seated. "you trickily steered the whole thing away from what we came here to talk about."
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