Talk:Resilient Engine

I quite like this idea.. Also most of the links to open hardware style projects.

Although, I would like to add something important to the thinking pool:

I am writing this from inside my 32 year old truck.. It still runs like a dream. Up until two years ago, the truck had all the parts that it left the factory with, including brake pads and all original rubber hoses. The engine still runs like a dream, with only minor adjustments needed here and there. I've replaced brake pads and rubber hoses, suspension struts in the back (overloading) and the propshaft (overloading again). But apart from that, most of what's on the truck is 32 years old. The emissions are not that much worse than modern vehicles, and the mileage for its weight is as good as any modern vehicle, if not better. Plus, it's got twice the pulling power of modern equivalents.

The moral of the story when it comes to technology and engineering, is that it is not always necessary to reinvent the wheel. Sometimes it is enough to just have some history lessons. Some people before us were wise enough to do the things we are dreaming of doing now. The knowledge is there, if a bit hidden away.. If 32 years ago, someone could build a truck that still runs today and works quite efficiently, we can definitely build something that can last another 32 years and make it twice as efficient with the technology we have available now.

On a side note, I am left hugely unimpressed by the "green" or "greener" vehicles produced or proposed by major manufacturers nowadays. I am not sure what good it would do to have BMW engineers tell us which way the wind blows..

Jesus 21:41, 19 December 2011 (UTC)