I think it's been more like 20 years, at least. Sort of like the fuel cells
we've all been waiting for and won't see for another decade at least. I think
there are some uses of ceramics, however, in turbos.

On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 07:34:44AM -0700, Doktor Tim wrote:
> I first heard of this tech more than 10 years ago. The have been
> researching this for a long time. There must be some issues very difficult
> to overcome as it has not resulted as yet in any widespread commercial
> viability for daily drivers. It sure sounds good but I'm not holding my
> breath.
>
> At 06:36 AM 08/22/2002, you wrote:
> > there was a blurb about ceramic engines which prompted me to do a
> >web search on the subject.
> >
> >WOW!

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