Can a car really run on.... - Gamer (2009) Discussion

[–] chrombot 14 years ago

Yes, no, no.

It needs to be really strong alcohol too. Like, stuff that's basically undrinkable for people.

Also, the half a liter put into the car wouldn't get you very far.

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[–] damienhcollege-1 14 years ago

Yeah, really. This guy gunned it, pedal to the metal for several miles. No way in gods green earth this could've ever happened, unless of course there was already gas in it, in which case what he did was pointless.

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[–] psdhart 12 years ago

It needs to be really strong alcohol too. Like, stuff that's basically undrinkable for people.

Ethanol, it even said so on the inside of the cap

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[–] cmayhem 11 years ago

However piss does contain Urea which is needed for clean burning Diesel engines.

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[–] castanz 14 years ago

Let me see, .3% alcohol you are unconscious. So he would have to be below that amount. A car could not even run on 50% non fuel. So no, it couldn't happen.

Why didn't he just take the bottle of alcohol with him?

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[–] MasterDorn 14 years ago

But the future car can! Havent you seen it in the movie? It worked!

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[–] StoneGriffin 14 years ago

You're right. IF the bottle was hidden in his vest pocket and they just all RAN OUT right away, then he could have just taken the bottle with him. The thing the film needed was some sort of inspection where the bottle would OBVIOUSLY be confiscated, so he needed to ingest the alcohol to smuggle it to the outside. I did like the sticker on the abandoned car (Ethanol fuel only) so at least viewers won't assume it's a gasoline car, but again the amount he would have to ingest and potency would either kill him AND not get him very far in a vehicle. That is unless it's a super efficient vehicle that can run on a 1/2 pint of alcohol and urine (It IS the future afterall! ;) )

Dr. Kila Marr was right. Kill the Crystalline Entity.

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[–] logix128 14 years ago

he's going back to gail for killing those two street sweepers while committing a DUI anyways.

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[–] kbraeden 14 years ago

Not only would the alcohol content have to be high enough to kill him several times over, but I'm pretty all the other chemicals in his body would damage the car. There should be food particles and such in his vomit (unless he fasted for several days prior), and other chemicals in his urine.

So basically, he'd need an alcohol content high enough to kill him, and no other food or drink in his system.

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[–] dancintoes01 14 years ago

this is where this already ridiculous movie made me uninterested.

I can take a bit of fantasy, but vomit and pee in the tank to make it go full speed for miles is utterly ridiculous.

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[–] xthe_shiznitx 14 years ago

Geez no imagination on some people, the movie deals with a futuristic world where there is a MMOG with real people doing various illegal activities and vomiting a combustible liquid and urine to make it less concentrated made the movie uninteresting to you? You can't imagine a world where someone could invent a combustion engine that can self filter various substances in order to utilize any usable material for fuel?

Also we currently are able to buy electric/hydrogen fueled vehicles, why is it so hard to imagine an engine that can run on a variety of liquids, hell urine is almost 80-90% water which is H20(Hydrogen/Oxygen) both combustible substances in their own right.
Maybe in this movie's world most engines have awesome fuel efficiency as well.
Be creative, don't sweat the small sh!t.

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