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I was rabbitholeing physics videos and came across vacuum boiling water. Could we safely vacuum boil gasoline, I wonder?

They say that the fuel "atomized" when it is injected into the cylinder but that is obviously a misnomer, as it's more like misted, like a windex shot. "Molecularized" would be more proper but the fuel is still in liquid form anyway so whatever.

I'm sure gasoline fume is what actually burns so just pumping that into the engine instead of liquid would drop the consumption without losing horsepower, I think.

Sounds dangerous but with the right measures in place I think it could work, maybe with a carburetor instead of direct injection.

Thoughts?

I was rabbitholeing physics videos and came across vacuum boiling water. Could we safely vacuum boil gasoline, I wonder? They say that the fuel "atomized" when it is injected into the cylinder but that is obviously a misnomer, as it's more like misted, like a windex shot. "Molecularized" would be more proper but the fuel is still in liquid form anyway so whatever. I'm sure gasoline fume is what actually burns so just pumping that into the engine instead of liquid would drop the consumption without losing horsepower, I think. Sounds dangerous but with the right measures in place I think it could work, maybe with a carburetor instead of direct injection. Thoughts?

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You are not necessarily retarded since you are actually thinking but that fuel is burning. Completely in a modern engine. The problem is it is in an ICE that is like 5% efficient. Find a way to turn gasoline or propane into electricity with a solid-state catalyst system and then you are talking... You would get 10-15x gas mileage (3-400mpg) because of the efficiency.

Most energy is wasted in the form of heat.

Fuel cells are excellent BUT hydrogen is a shitty motor fuel.