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| Author: | Timotheus [ June 14th, 2010, 4:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Ixia: plants for fuel? |
I was trying to think of a unique product that would have created faster space and air travel in this world. Could a plant reasonably be burned and sustain fire long enough or does it have to be hard like a rock? I could compromise and have a fungus that is hard. In fact, I just read about a fungus that is harder than wood and has to be chiseled out to form homes. |
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| Author: | Timotheus [ June 14th, 2010, 5:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ixia: plants for fuel? |
Okay, I can do some research on Jet engines...(pauses to laugh at the list of things I already have to do, and how this somehow fits as a priority. I think my wife would like the shower handle fixed first, and then I can research Jet engines.  )Thanks for your input! |
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| Author: | Calista Bethelle [ March 9th, 2011, 5:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ixia: plants for fuel? |
That sounds like a plausible idea to me. |
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| Author: | Timotheus [ March 9th, 2011, 7:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ixia: plants for fuel? |
I started a new book that used Space Pull to jump lightyears, but I suppose I could still use this plant/fungus as the fuel behind it. |
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| Author: | Timotheus [ March 11th, 2011, 7:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ixia: plants for fuel? |
Yes, this book idea started before the SF forum was put up. |
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| Author: | Calista Bethelle [ March 28th, 2011, 5:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ixia: plants for fuel? |
I find this interesting, using plants for fuel, instead of gas or oil or some other strange compound. It's a nice simple alternative to the complicated stuff people seem to use nowadays. Mind if I stow that bit of information away for later reference? 
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| Author: | Timotheus [ March 28th, 2011, 7:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ixia: plants for fuel? |
Stow away, and if you come across any research material that supports this idea please share.
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| Author: | Lady Eruwaedhiel [ March 28th, 2011, 7:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ixia: plants for fuel? |
Oh Tim, I thought I'd mention this here, since I can't find anywhere else really: in a book I read recently, there was a country called Ixia. (Book is Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder.) |
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| Author: | Calista Bethelle [ March 29th, 2011, 2:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ixia: plants for fuel? |
Oo.  Hm. Well, that is a predicament. What's to be done, I wonder?
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| Author: | Timotheus [ March 30th, 2011, 9:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ixia: plants for fuel? |
I took the name from a Dune Prequel, that has a world called IX. I'm not married to the name, and don't even know if I'll ever write this book, so no worries.
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| Author: | Calista Bethelle [ March 31st, 2011, 3:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ixia: plants for fuel? |
*Whew* Good. Usually I pick a name right off and so it's stuck, even if I start to dislike it.
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