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A car that runs on air
http://theaircar.com/ ^

Posted on 05/22/2006 8:41:30 AM PDT by BlueSky194

What are people's opinion of this?


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: air; alternativefuel; cars; energy
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1 posted on 05/22/2006 8:41:32 AM PDT by BlueSky194
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To: BlueSky194

Well...it's ugly...


2 posted on 05/22/2006 8:42:44 AM PDT by RockinRight (She rocks my world, and I rock her world.)
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To: BlueSky194

Compressed air costs money too.


3 posted on 05/22/2006 8:43:05 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam Factoid:After forcing young girls to watch his men execute their fathers, Muhammad raped them.)
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To: BlueSky194

runs on air? sure, that has to work..


4 posted on 05/22/2006 8:43:32 AM PDT by RolandBurnam (I WANT SOME PORK RINDS!!!!!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Compressed air also requires energy to get the air in the tank.


5 posted on 05/22/2006 8:43:43 AM PDT by So Cal Rocket (Proud Member: Internet Pajama Wearers for Truth)
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To: BlueSky194

Where is the zip cord? Thats how you start it up right? Grab and pull really fast before you put it on the ground?


6 posted on 05/22/2006 8:44:14 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Amnesia is a train of thought.)
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To: BlueSky194

The author of the article needs a spell checker. It is "research", not "reserch".


7 posted on 05/22/2006 8:44:17 AM PDT by TommyDale (North Carolina looks forward to the disbarring of Mike Nifong.)
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To: RockinRight

No way! It's adorable, like a golf cart.


8 posted on 05/22/2006 8:44:36 AM PDT by AmericanChef
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To: BlueSky194

Fits right in there with this ...

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/04/new_toroidal_in.html

Innovation is invention made practical and profitable. LEt's see if these guys are innovators or inventors.


9 posted on 05/22/2006 8:44:43 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitor)
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To: BlueSky194

I heard they invented a vehicle that runs on water. It's called a boat.


10 posted on 05/22/2006 8:44:48 AM PDT by sportutegrl (People who say, "All I know is . . ." really mean, "All I want you to focus on is . . .")
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To: BlueSky194
And what provides the energy to compresses the air?

Big ass coal-burning power stations!

Have they thought of trying a twisted rubber band car?

11 posted on 05/22/2006 8:45:06 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: BlueSky194
Air doesn't grow on trees!

If this car takes off, the world will risk running out of air within 10 years.

12 posted on 05/22/2006 8:45:31 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Never question Bruce Dickinson!)
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To: BlueSky194

It is my opinion that a sucker is born every minute.

Don't they teach about "potential energy" in publick skols anymore?


13 posted on 05/22/2006 8:46:58 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
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To: BlueSky194

Every time gas prices make a big leap upward, these kinds of things start coming out of the wood.


14 posted on 05/22/2006 8:47:24 AM PDT by capt. norm (W.C. Fields: "Hollywood is the gold cap on a tooth that should have been pulled out years ago.")
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To: BlueSky194

The motor or engine that runs the compressor needs energy. When the air is compressed, it gets hot. When it cools, that energy is lost, too. Overall, not a terribly efficient process, although it would work.


15 posted on 05/22/2006 8:48:13 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: BlueSky194

You could use an explosion to refill the tank with compressed gas but then you would have an internal combustion engine running an air pump.


16 posted on 05/22/2006 8:48:18 AM PDT by Ben Mugged (If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English, thank a soldier.)
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To: BlueSky194

Someone needs to take Physics 101.


17 posted on 05/22/2006 8:48:23 AM PDT by Cobra64 (All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
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To: So Cal Rocket

Plus the car has to move the weight of the air tanks


18 posted on 05/22/2006 8:48:40 AM PDT by omega4412 (Multiculturalism kills)
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To: MeanWestTexan
Don't they teach about "potential energy" in publick skols anymore?

Nope! There's not enought time between the lesson on tolerance and the one on teamwork (AKA, rely on the smart kid to do the work).
19 posted on 05/22/2006 8:49:06 AM PDT by newguy357
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To: RolandBurnam

"runs on air? sure, that has to work.."
And how will the sailing cars manage the underpasses, all the wires strung along and across the roads, and traffic jams? And if the driver has to tack right and left just to move straight, it would become a nightmare for everyone else on the road.


20 posted on 05/22/2006 8:49:30 AM PDT by GSlob
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