Re: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles : "Dungeons & Dragons"

Mark Nobles wrote:
> Kevin <Kevin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Forge;91602 Wrote:
>>> Yah, jet engines are kickass power generators. My wife used to sell
>>> them to third-world countries.
>>
>> Wouldn't the cost & availability of jet fuel make them slightly
>> prohibitive for use as a generator in a third-world country?
>
> If you don't need full power and reliability, you can probably run 'em
> on plain kerosene.

Which is exactly what the early jets ran on.  A basic turbo-fan jet engine

will run on just about any flamable liquid you can run thru the injection 
nozzles I think.  Maybe not very well but it will shove hot air out one
end 
and rotate the blades.

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