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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 08:06 PM Original message |
Air-Powered Car Coming to U.S. in 2009 to 2010 at Sub-$18,000, Could Hit 1000-Mile Range |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. lolol! I love these "magic energy source" headlines! |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. You should try reading a few sentences past them sometime. nm |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good news! |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. I want a magic carpet ride. |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. Kinda like the VW's "Fart - a - pushin'" |
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pt22 (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 08:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. You run a hose to it from the TV set. The hot air from the car's commercial runs it. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. tanks of compressed air. They are already building them in Europe. There was a |
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emmadoggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Here you go... |
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pt22 (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. Free air! Cool! (hot, actually, after it's compressed with free energy) |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. So they're claiming MAYBE 100-125 mpg ... |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I saw a documentary on pbs about this car. They are currently working on |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Well the laws of physics impose some hard limits on that |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 06:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Be interesting to see this. The problem with Hydrogen |
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pt22 (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. But an air cycle is only about 20% as efficient as an electric motor. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Are you including charging and transmission efficiency ? |
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pt22 (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. The thermo cycle but yes including the compression. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Also, the compressors could be run at night, |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 02:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. "when a lot of electricity on the grid just goes to waste" |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Sure. But if you have your own air pump at home |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Sorry |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Back! Back to GD:P with you! |
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emmadoggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. I'm not much of a mechanical wiz, but |
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emmadoggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
16. I first heard about these several months ago and I think it is a very |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
18. This is like an electric car - without the heavy batteries |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
22. When you compress air, it heats up.. |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
25. Build them, then run them against hybrids |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
27. And there is this entry from Australia |
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