Article on a compressed air car

[mikeinaustin]

An Air Car You Could See in 2009: ZPM’s 106 MPG Compressed-Air Hybrid : Gas 2.0

what are your thoughts?

[hndymn]

Originally Posted by mikeinaustin

An Air Car You Could See in 2009: ZPM’s 106 MPG Compressed-Air Hybrid : Gas 2.0

what are your thoughts?

I like the rotary engine. That's real innovation. It's good to know that these engines are out there just in case. If I had to buy a new car today, I'd pay the $25K for a Prius. In 3 years, who knows where gas prices will be, and what cars will be on the market? If gas stabilizes, or drops in price the car market will remain unchanged, and these new engines will fade back into obscurity, I think.

Maybe they'll catch on in the emerging Indian and Asian markets, and that might reduce fuel demand here in the US. It seems unlikely that the US oil industry will roll over and put up no market resistance to engines that use so little gas.

[Jetes03tundra]

i think we need to get off the hybrid bandwagon. Diesel is our future, i just on the news today theres a place in Georgia, who produces millions of barrels of bio-diesel a year from just old cooked peanut oil. Costs about .60 to .70 cents to make per gallon and is even cleaner and performs amazing. Heck put that in these little diesel jettas and stuff and you have 60mpg easy.

[arthur]

There's one thing left out here. How do you think compressed air is being produced ? By means of electricity. How is electricity produced ? By means of co2 producing feuls. It's the same as with the Prius, low emmisions bus not the answer.

[H2O_MAN]

Just put Owl Gore under the hood and run on his hot air