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lutorm
on April 23, 2011
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Lasers to replace spark plugs in gasoline engines
... before the soot is blown out of the chamber.
You've never looked inside an old engine, have you?
mhb
on April 24, 2011
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No. But I only intended to address the point that if the beam is focused in the center then it would take more than a speck of soot to block the wider, lower flux, defocused beam where it enters the cylinder.
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You've never looked inside an old engine, have you?