I am going to continue to watch their efforts with an open mind. I am interested to find out what energy efficiency they are able to realize in converting the air into motion. I am also interested to learn the energy efficiency of compression. From their web page it would appear that there is more than one compression scheme (one for home, one for on the road, though I'm not quite sure what this means).
There is usually one or more pretty severe drawback to each proposed competitor for the IC engine, and I am aware that range is a drawback of this proposed car (as it is for batteries). But I want to see what they have to say. The extremist environmentalist case, such as where air really is virtually unbreathable in certain cities, is one that can be made in some cities. From what I understand, for example, Mexico City really does get very bad when it comes to air pollution, to the point where some vehicles can only be legally operated on alternate days, and in the face of such a problem it is perhaps not inappropriate to consider such engineering compromises as air cars. Maybe that law is no longer in place? This is not to say (of course) that other compromise sollutions, such as battery-powered vehicles, increased electric-train use, etc. etc. are not also worth considering. >they don't :-) > >technically, a compressed tank of air runs a "air motor" (steam engine) >connected to the wheels. unfortunately, you can't carry enough air for a >reasonable range, and you waste much more energy compressing the air, than >you get back from it. > >for further info, see http://www.howstuffworks.com/question133.htm ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> 4 DVDs Free +s&p Join Now http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/MVfIAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
