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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / May 2006CAIRS the future
Compressed air powerd Cars = Cairs are the future. It makes so much more sense than hydrogen fuel cells and electric powered cars. 1. No nasty heavy, degrading batteries! 2. Quick refill times from tank stations! 3. Zero emissions! 4. Air is everywhere it does not need to be hauled like fossil fuels! 5. Engines can recompress air upon braking very easily! 6. Free air conditioning from the cooling effect of decompressing air! Cairs are comming so jump aboard! > Compressed air powerd Cars = Cairs are the future. It makes so much > more sense than hydrogen fuel cells and electric powered cars. > > 1. No nasty heavy, degrading batteries! Just one very heavy bulky compressed air tank. > 2. Quick refill times from tank stations! Yeah, ther's one on every corner here in my town. You should see the size of those storage tanks. > 3. Zero emissions! Don't tell me, you will use solar power to compress the air. > 4. Air is everywhere it does not need to be hauled like fossil fuels! Yeah but, compressed air is rare. > 5. Engines can recompress air upon braking very easily! Easy for you to say. > 6. Free air conditioning from the cooling effect of decompressing air! Global warming from the heat generated during compressing the air. BTW, thats where all the energy is wasted. > Cairs are comming so jump aboard! No thanks. It's been tried and proven to be too energy consuming. Although, in at least one similar case it was a successful scam to bilk millions out of investers.  SignatureKevin Mouton Automotive Technology Instructor "If women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy" Red Green In the summer it would be okay, 'cause the tank sure chills down. Free air conditioning. But bad in winter! Seriously, compressed air locomotion has been used many times. Some mine locomotives used it. Problem is, the amount of energy you can store per pound of weight is quite limited. You've heard of cars that would not be able to pass up a gas station? Compressed air cars would be like that. You can store a mile or two of compressed air. You'd be recharging every couple of miles. Only thing that would make it practical would be big breakthrough in tank material. Even carbon fiber tanks, or ones wound with music wire, cannot store enough. If you DID come up with a tank that stored more energy, it would be VERY dangerous if it ever DID let go. Compressed air at very high pressures is VERY dangerous- more so than hydrogen. Look what happens when a 3000 psi tank ruptures. Now imagine what a 20,000 psi tank would do in a crash that ruptures the tank! In the summer it would be okay, 'cause the tank sure chills down. Free air conditioning. But bad in winter! Seriously, compressed air locomotion has been used many times. Some mine locomotives used it. Problem is, the amount of energy you can store per pound of weight is quite limited. You've heard of cars that would not be able to pass up a gas station? Compressed air cars would be like that. You can store a mile or two of compressed air. You'd be recharging every couple of miles. Only thing that would make it practical would be big breakthrough in tank material. Even carbon fiber tanks, or ones wound with music wire, cannot store enough. If you DID come up with a tank that stored more energy, it would be VERY dangerous if it ever DID let go. Compressed air at very high pressures is VERY dangerous- more so than hydrogen. Look what happens when a 3000 psi tank ruptures. Now imagine what a 20,000 psi tank would do in a crash that ruptures the tank! In the summer it would be okay, 'cause the tank sure chills down. Free air conditioning. But bad in winter! Seriously, compressed air locomotion has been used many times. Some mine locomotives used it. Problem is, the amount of energy you can store per pound of weight is quite limited. You've heard of cars that would not be able to pass up a gas station? Compressed air cars would be like that. You can store a mile or two of compressed air. You'd be recharging every couple of miles. Only thing that would make it practical would be big breakthrough in tank material. Even carbon fiber tanks, or ones wound with music wire, cannot store enough. If you DID come up with a tank that stored more energy, it would be VERY dangerous if it ever DID let go. Compressed air at very high pressures is VERY dangerous- more so than hydrogen. Look what happens when a 3000 psi tank ruptures. Now imagine what a 20,000 psi tank would do in a crash that ruptures the tank! Are you simply holding off until next week telling us about the "flywheel car"??? > Compressed air powerd Cars = Cairs are the future. It makes so much > more sense than hydrogen fuel cells and electric powered cars. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Cairs are comming so jump aboard! Hmmm...You need to reset the clock and calendar on your computer. April Fools Day is 29 days behind us. > Compressed air powerd Cars = Cairs are the future. It makes so much > more sense than hydrogen fuel cells and electric powered cars. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Cairs are comming so jump aboard! Stephen King already thought of this one. Read "The Running Man", written under the pseudonym "Richard Bachman". The novel is fictional, of course. |
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