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May 6, 11:54 pm, "Heywood Jablowmi" <hsqui...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 6, 2:39 pm, "JR Weiss" <jrweiss98155rem...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "HarryNadds" <hoofhearte...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > When gas hits
> > > $6.00 a gallon maybe we will get serious about hydrogen based fuels.
> > > OHHH BOY !!!! That's what I want for my car. I want 30 gallons of
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> > super cooled,pressurized high explosive in the trunk of my car.
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> > It's not any worse than 30 gallons of hot, pressurized liquid "high
> > explosive"
> > (i.e., gasoline)!
> >Is gasoline "pressurized in the tank? Is it kept in a super insulated
> >tank because it's at damned near absolute zero? Btw, where does all
> >this hydrogen come from? How is it generated? How long and how many
> >billions would it take to convert all cars to hydrogen, build the
> >infrastrucure to get the hydrogen fuel to the stations and build
> >stations where a person could conveniently fill their "hydrogen tank"?
> >Why not use the money you'd use to develop hydrogen for cars and
> >develop light weight, large capacity batteries and build cars that are
> >totally electric powered? I have a few electrical outlets in my home
> >but can't find a single hydrogen outlet.
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> There are cars that run on compressed air.... if government would take
one
> of the few systems
> that are available and phase out the manufacture of gas engines and take
> the nessary steps that
> are needed to reduce our dependency on oil, we would not be in this
mess.
> Secondly if we
> even showed the world that we are seriously considering steps to reduce
> oil
> dependency the
> price of crude would drop. As Americans, we have a system that works,
and
> we are to greedy
> and to lazy to do the right thing and get off the oil addiction... We
> could
> be doing things like
> building better mass transit systems and serious research into alternate
> fuels, but it's easier to
> just pull up to the pump.
>
> We are being weaned off of oil .... Considering that other nations have
> been paying more than
> we have for a whole lot longer than us we should consider ourselves
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>The compressed air car of theaircar.com is one of the more interesting
>ideas. The web site has changed and doesn't go into much detail
>anymore about the engine. You can look it up on the 'way back
>machine'.
I've read on the subject a little and seen a series about it on the
history
channel and youtube.
The car does 60 mph and gets decent milage before needing a refil, which
you could convert
gas stations to recharge the compressor or a small motor can be installed
to kick in and recharge
the tank. even that way, gas consumption would be drastically reduced.
>The only problem I've seen is the tank is 7,000psi. A pin-hole would
>cut the car, and everything else, in two.
The tanks are said to be made of composit carbon, tough and can
withstand
abuse, if it blows
the tank would just disintigrate with no shrapnel. It's got to be safer
than the old pinto's we
used to drive.
>Where's Tesla when you need him. One smart guy... The entire AC power
>grid, flourescent lights, spark plugs, coils, AC motors, radio, Radio
>controlled devices, turbines, generators, tasers, cattle prods, and
>more were all his inventions.
There are a few smart cookies out there, it's more a matter of we are so
used to what we have,
that it is hard to let go.... It's got to happen sooner or later, I
prefer
sooner, as I for one really
don't want to rely on any other country than our own. Made in the USA
and
NASA used to
mean something in this country once... we need to get that state of mind
back.
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