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1. Re: Converting Montana coal to oil?

   

   Reply by Asherr · Sep 2005 · Home› General Discussion

   from Wikipedia: [ QUOTE ] There is some evidence—in the form of the Baghdad Batteries from sometime between 250 BCE and 640 CE (while Baghdad was under Parthian and Sassanian dynasties of ancient Persia) of galvanic cells having been used in ancient times. Such ancient knowledge in the history of electricity bears no known…

2. Re: Converting Montana coal to oil?

   

   Reply by Moz · Sep 2005 · Home› General Discussion

   [ QUOTE ] Didn't say a jet engine. It'd have to be some sort of prop but really you have no choice but to slow down a bit once the fuel is gone. As for take off? How about an array of advanced transformers? That'd give you a nice power boost. Jets are very fast yes, but props can generate more than enough power to get a…

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   Reply by Weiser_Cain · Sep 2005 · Home› General Discussion

   I know you can make plastic out of peanuts and I guess corn should work as well (Homeophathic?). Didn't say a jet engine. It'd have to be some sort of prop but really you have no choice but to slow down a bit once the fuel is gone. As for take off? How about an array of advanced transformers? That'd give you a nice power…