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Old May 11, 2006 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by displacedtexan
I lost all faith in them after the show about starting a fire with two sticks. They decided it was not possible. It ain't easy, but it's possible.
I agree, I also lost allot of faith in them when they did the chicken gun the first time. When they claimed the fozen chicken would do the same damage as thawed chicken because they measured its speed. And used that to determine that both chickens would have the same ft-lbs of enery on impact.
Which is like saying we measured the speed of a VW bug and a Mack Truck and with them at the same speed they should have the same force of impact and damage levels.

It took views writing HUNDREDS of letters for them to revisit the myth and with a totaly differnt outcome.
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Old May 14, 2006 | 05:37 AM
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Originally Posted by P.J
Just watch the survivor series on Discovery, quite a few people on there have started fires with sticks and/or flints, can be done.

As for the greasel, I wonder why it is so popular with the older MB's & VW's? Maybe cause if you screw them up you aren't out big money like with our trucks?

You should see the early 80's Mercedes prices on Ebay, WoW!
I think the only reason that running WVO and Bio was for the earlier Mercedes and VW's is because until now the only people who were even interested in renewable energy and living off the earth were the people everyone called HIPPIES or those LONG HAIRS and there are so many of the old MB’s and VW's around for next to nothing. You don’t see to many Cummins powered trucks on a commune. Look at the people who figured it out how to do it, sure wasn’t the big corporations or oil companies trying to help us out.
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Old May 14, 2006 | 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by TheFog
I agree, I also lost allot of faith in them when they did the chicken gun the first time. When they claimed the fozen chicken would do the same damage as thawed chicken because they measured its speed. And used that to determine that both chickens would have the same ft-lbs of enery on impact.
Which is like saying we measured the speed of a VW bug and a Mack Truck and with them at the same speed they should have the same force of impact and damage levels.

It took views writing HUNDREDS of letters for them to revisit the myth and with a totaly differnt outcome.

Well they are correct in saying that both chickens would have the same energy on impact whether frozen or thawed (provided both chickens were the same mass and both were going the same speed).

Its just that the frozen chicken would be harder and do more damage, the thawed one just goes splat.
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