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Thats pretty cool but what's the cost of compressing the air? Everrything that acts on matter requires an energy cost...even compressing air costs $
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Popular Mechanics also published stories about this car the last few years.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/ne ... pt/4251491

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/ne ... pt/4217016

Could a car run on compressed air?

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-effi ... ion133.htm
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faster pussycat wrote:Thats pretty cool but what's the cost of compressing the air? Everrything that acts on matter requires an energy cost...even compressing air costs $
They said a "fillup" would cost around $2.
...Oh, the freedom of the day that yielded to no rule or time...
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lonewolf wrote:
faster pussycat wrote:Thats pretty cool but what's the cost of compressing the air? Everrything that acts on matter requires an energy cost...even compressing air costs $
They said a "fillup" would cost around $2.
I'm thinking of a thief that might try to fill their "air tank" from mine with a siphon hose.. SUCK IN DEEP to get it started :lol:
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From the little I've read on this, it may be the most promising technology available. Let's face it, plug-in cars still have a long way to go, they're way too expensive to buy and inconvenient. I still think they will be a factor in time, though.
I like this technology alot, if only for commuter-type transport, heavier transport will still need internal combustion, but every little bit helps. I'm also bullish on compressed natural gas. If they're going to rape PA's environment tax-free, the least we should get is some cheap energy. (Of course, it won't be cheap long. They'll find a way to unnaturally bump the price up, collusion beats competition every time in the business world.)
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Have you heard about the Bakken Shale Oil Fields in the U.S.? Interesting read about oil reserves right here in the U.S.

http://bakkenshale.net/index.html
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A few years ago a guy came into Music Emporium, killing time. He said he was in town buying up gas leases because there was going to be a gas boom around here. He also said there's a huge gas reserve that we simply don't have the technology to harvest profitably yet, a bit below the Marcellus shale. According to this total stranger I met at a guitar shop, there's enough to supply the US for 100+ years, even at projected levels. He claimed that the tech will be there in less than a decade to get it, and there will be way more gas drilling locally, even on this side of the mountain. Obviously just hearsay, but interesting, nonetheless.
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