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> "ayatollah obama" <osama.obabma.by.anyname@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 6, 11:54 pm, "Heywood Jablowmi" <hsqui...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > <BurtonU...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On May 6, 2:39 pm, "JR Weiss" <jrweiss98155rem...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > wrote:
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> > > "HarryNadds" <hoofhearte...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote...
> > > > 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
> >
> > > super cooled,pressurized high explosive in the trunk of my car.
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > 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
> > lucky.- Hide quoted text -
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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
Think, for a minute. What happens to air when you compress it?
What happens when you decompress? Where does that heat come from?
> or a small motor can be installed
> to kick in and recharge
You've just invented the perpetual motion machine. The USPTO won't
believe you.
> the tank. even that way, gas consumption would be drastically reduced.
Hogwash. See above.
>
> >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.
Nonsense. Not only is something like that impossible, what happens
to the energy contained in the compressed air?
> >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.
Wi****ng for magic beans won't do jack.
--
Keith
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