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Yamaha-frame bike with scuba tank makes Dyson shortlist [Runs on AIR!]
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| 11-06-2012
| Staff
Posted on 11/06/2012 1:29:52 PM PST by Red Badger
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VIDEO AT LINK............
To: martin_fierro
motorcycle ping!.........
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posted on
11/06/2012 1:31:25 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Why yes, that was crude and uncalled for......That's why I said it..............)
To: Red Badger
I kinda doubt that thing would do very well in hauling my big blobby carcass around town.
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posted on
11/06/2012 1:33:56 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: Red Badger
Compressed air is an energy storage medium, NOT a fuel. This bike runs on coal, natural gas, and nuclear fission, because those things are required to make the electricity that drives the compressor.
Just like electric cars, except a different energy storage medium.
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posted on
11/06/2012 1:34:12 PM PST
by
backwoods-engineer
(My game is disruption. I will use lethal force --my vote-- in self-defense against Obama.)
To: Red Badger
Cool idea, but what caught my eye was the “no emission” lede. Er . . . how does the compressed air get compressed in the first place? Unicorn farts?
To: Red Badger
Fortunately there are chunks of compressed air just sitting out their waiting to be crammed into tanks so you don't use any energy at all running this. < /sarc>
I want one powered by compressed carbon dioxide made from burning spotted owls.
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posted on
11/06/2012 1:34:57 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Big Bird is a brood parasite: laid in our nest 43 years ago and we are still feeding him.)
To: Red Badger
Not bad for a proof of concept at least.
}:-)4
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posted on
11/06/2012 1:34:57 PM PST
by
Moose4
(...and walk away.)
To: Red Badger
Zero emissions? Really? That air magically compresses itself. Idiots.
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posted on
11/06/2012 1:35:30 PM PST
by
DariusBane
(Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept?)
To: Red Badger
So whats the range on this sort of a thing and what kinda psi do the require it be pumped up to. I just can’t see it going very far.
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posted on
11/06/2012 1:37:05 PM PST
by
wonkowasright
(Wonko from outside the asylum)
To: Red Badger
Visions of bikers asking passerbys, “hey, pull my finger.”
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posted on
11/06/2012 1:37:36 PM PST
by
bgill
(Evil doers are in every corner of our government. Have we passed the point of no return?)
To: Red Badger
Mask and snorkel sold separately.
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posted on
11/06/2012 1:38:05 PM PST
by
SpaceBar
To: Red Badger
Wow! Put on some bags for stuff and that would be a great run-to-the-market commuter. And I have a scuba supply store less than a mile from my house.
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posted on
11/06/2012 1:38:09 PM PST
by
beelzepug
("0bama is a feckless crapweasel")
To: Red Badger
Energy is required to compress the air. That probably comes from fossil fuels.
To: Red Badger
The drawback is lack of refilling stations, and a need to find power to compress the air in the first place Nice bike but there are no free lunches.
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posted on
11/06/2012 1:39:31 PM PST
by
HarleyD
To: Red Badger
Another “green” example of displaced benefits. While the bike itself may not pollute, the energy expended somewhere else to compress the air will pollute (unless it’s hydroelectric or nuclear). Is the net efficiency of using air to power this bike greater than the bike burning fossil fuel directly, instead of at the power plant? Doubtful.
To: Red Badger
Still requires some form of fossil fuel to compress the air.
They’ll never learn.
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posted on
11/06/2012 1:39:43 PM PST
by
wastedyears
(The First Law of Heavy Metal: Not all metal is satanic.)
To: Red Badger
A motorcycle that runs on just air?
......insert joke here..........
Joe Bite me
To: DariusBane
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posted on
11/06/2012 1:40:03 PM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: beelzepug
What’s the cost of filling up a scuba tank?
To: bgill
There is a French Corp that has an air propelled car!
This is nothing new.
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