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Re: Jules Verne and the Car of the Future

From: Patrick Sheffield <psheffield~at~earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:31:00 -0700
Cc: Pat Moser <patmoser~at~sunwave.net>
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

I saw this when it aired (no pun intended) - and all they are doing is
using compressed air instead of batteries.

They try and make it seem that it runs on "air" but as you say - it's
only the storage medium for energy supplied from some other source.

Patrick

On Apr 17, 2008, at 8:16 PM, Chris Moser wrote:

> http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1248351/car_runs_on_compressed_air/
>
>
> Something doesn't make sense in this clip - as the compressed air
> can only return less energy than what was used in the initial
> compression - so even if the car is made light weight and
> efficient , there has to be an initial energy consumption and
> discharge of emissions - unless the initial energy source is hydro
> electric power or nuclear generated power.
>
> Chris
Received on Fri 18 Apr 2008 - 06:31:13 IDT

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