From:	Doctor Doom <JCH8169@*****.TAMU.EDU>
Subject:	VCC: My two Reichsthalers (open mouth, insert foot)
Date:	Fri, 29 Jan 93 21:02:06 CET

Herr Hayden:

>> Engines come in a variety of types: internal combustion, turbine, fuel cell
>> electric, and battery/capacitor. Each has its strength's and weaknesses.

>As I was trying to point out yesterday, I don't think we need to
>differentiate performance characteristics between engine types. For our
>purposes, an electric engine performs the same as the one powered by
>Exxon. Granted, the power source is different, but they both make the car
>go and provide X amount of power to move the car.

I would be inclined to disagree.

I do not think that it would be too burdensome to have a _small_ set of
_basic_ engine types (as alluded to earlier, Internal Combustion, electric,
and possibly a _few_ others) each with its own weight-to-power efficiency
ratio, and hence different price multipliers to reflect the discrepancy in
capabilities.

I feel this could be incorporated without a quantum leap in the complexity
level while permitting a measure of flexibility in power and price during
customizing.


Colonel Count von Hohenzollern und von Doom, DMSc, DSc, PhD.

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