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09-15-2008, 09:35 PM
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106 MPG
Sep 12th 2008
By Jeremy Taylor
(Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with.)
 A New York-based company plans to produce a car that runs on compressed air and gets up to 106 miles per gallon.
The car's engine would work like a locomotive, but instead of steam, compressed air would move the pistons. When the car hits 35 mph a fuel-powered external combustion system kicks in and heats the air, further increasing its volume.
While experts agree that it's possible to run a small vehicle on compressed air, many are skeptical about whether this system would work for a full-size car. Nevertheless, Zero Pollution Motors is pledging to build the first models in 2010, and sell them for around $18,000.
At first the air would be free, and pumped into the tanks using an on-board compressor. But we're sure someone will eventually figure out how to charge for the air. If you doubt this, take a look at that bottle of water you're drinking.
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09-18-2008, 02:06 AM
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Re: 106 MPG
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09-18-2008, 03:15 AM
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09-18-2008, 04:51 AM
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Re: 106 MPG
Cute but I'm calling BS on any system that claims to be more efficient by first compressing air only to expell it via a piston / crank system.
Anyone that's spent 5 minutes in a garage knows how much power it takes to run a serious compressor- even for basic air tools.
NO WAY IN HELL are they going to power any compressor design that is capable of moving an auto with anything less than a motor that would be better suited to just driving the transmision directly anyway.
It's called entropy folks! You'll never break the first law of thermodynamics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy
My design for steam generation via exhaust cycle heat recovery / inertia assistance makes a hell of a lot more sense than that! |
09-18-2008, 01:15 PM
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Re: 106 MPG
I got a bridge for sale...
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