A Car that runs on "air"

[polar bear]

Compressed air that is. Why don't we petition our leaders to get this idea rolling. No pollution either.

[WordWolf]

To use air compression to run a car, you need to compress the air first.

That's where the kinetic energy in the system comes from.

That means you put the energy in the system in the first place.

That works as well as rechargeable cars, and THOSE aren't the solution EITHER.

[waysider]

I understand there is a town on the East Coast that runs on HOT air.

[George Aar]

Is this a spoof?

I mean, they really tipped their hand when they got to the "perpetual motion" part at the end.

Maybe they could install a compressed-air motor to compress the air to run the motor that compresses the air for the tank that powers the engine that runs the car?

[polar bear]

I only brought it up because at the very least the threat of using this kind of power would scare the bajebees out of the oil companies.

I'll bet you would see gas at half the price it is now.

(There is enough oil for the world to last for 200 years.)

The oil companies are only raising prices based on future consumption.

[waysider]

And lest it fades from memory, the steam car was once more popular than the gas powered models.

(Henry Ford put an end to that.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_car

ps--I had a great-uncle who worked for White Motors.

Edited May 15, 2008 by waysider

[rhino]

It seems there is some work on the compressed air car ... but they are half as efficient as the electric car ... and there are problems ... and the one I saw could only go 30 miles.

Of course the perpetual motion thing revealed this as a goof ...