Fuel combustion | Move over, Prius | The Economist

HCCI 'Diesel-like' gasoline engine

Here’s the link: Fuel combustion | Move over, Prius | The Economist.

I don’t know how many of you read The Economist. There are a couple of semantic errors in this article about Diesel technology, but overall it is nice to see a lot of thought going toward improving the EFFICIENCY of internal combustion engines. Not to mention Diesel getting good press.

Car Photo of the Day: Name all the cars.

This might be too easy, but after the last two stumpers you guys need a softball tossed at you. Go ahead, smack it hard!

Four are easy. There are SIX cars visible though, which might up the difficulty quite a bit.

And here I thought I knew all the cars visible… there are actually SEVEN!

If you look closely at the “embiggen’ed” photo above you will note a sliver of car between the Corvette and Cayman. The reverse angle shot (see my last comment below for the URL) ID’s it as one of a Ferrari’s “sedan/coupe” type cars from the 70s.

X-C Nick

Nicholas tried out for the High School Cross-Country team … and made the cut. We’re very proud of him. A couple of weeks ago we attended a big meet at Lakewood, about 6 miles SW of Arlington. Kids from all over Western Washington were there… it was HUGE. Nick traveled by bus with his team mates. We arrived just in time to see his race. The course was sprawled all over and I had to scatter about to catch Nick going by. He stayed in the middle of the very large pack and turned a pretty respectable time. I don’t have any of the details though. Here are some photos:

Not long after the start, the pack comes through the stadium. That's Nick wearing #134.

Going by, hair flying! Mt. Pilchuck on the horizon.

Coming down the hill, about halfway there.

Pushing hard!

Going by. I yelled encouraging words for him.

Coming through the baseball fields, the last mile.

Just past the finish line.

I called out to him from the stands. Looks tired.

Sue & Chris waiting for Nick to exit the finish maze.

Congratulation hug from his mother.

Yes, that is Chris in the photos. He rode a bus from Olympia to Tacoma, and a train from there to Everett where we picked him up Friday night. It was a surprise visit. Very nice to see him and have him home for a weekend. I drove him back to Olympia Sunday night. He’s enjoying college… despite having a LOT of reading to do.

Nick has another XC meet this weekend, if I go I’ll get some more photos. Hope you liked these!