Since we now have had air scrubber cars for over a decade, It makes little sense to try rewriting thermodynamic law to invent new methods of propulsion in the name of ‘pollution’. But I guess it gets green investor ‘green’. and capitalistic profit for socialists.
“It makes little sense to try rewriting thermodynamic law to invent new methods of propulsion in the name of ‘pollution’.”
Norm, I don’t think the laws of thermodynamics are a problem. However there are other problems that I can see. Not the least of which is the relative inefficiency involved in compressing air.
Air tends to heat up when you compress it. That low level heat represents a significant loss of energy. Pneumatic tools are a good example. It can take a 5HP compressor to run a 1HP die grinder continuously...
At least with a steam engine you get to recycle much of the heat with a counter flow heat exchanger. I don’t see how you could do that with a comressor.