http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/ Engadget Comments for Compressed air + gas = air-powered hybrid car http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/Feb 24th 2008 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/Jan 8th 2008 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/Jan 8th 2008 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/
Oh, and the car costs $4,000.]]>Jan 8th 2008 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/
anything that lets me avoid using my gas vehicles is great... and for whatever this thing can't do, there's the gas vehicles...

I'm pretty sure that MOST families now have two gas vehicles, show of hands?]]>Jan 9th 2008 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/Jan 8th 2008 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/Jan 8th 2008 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/Jan 8th 2008 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/Jan 8th 2008 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/Jan 8th 2008 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/Jan 8th 2008 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/Jan 8th 2008 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/
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Switching the batteries for compressed air is a much better tradeoff. ]]>Jan 8th 2008 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/like seriously, it looks hideous! no one would buy that even for its crazy technology being used.]]>Jan 9th 2008 12:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/Jan 9th 2008 2:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/
Just start using the cars from the Flintstones. The only emissions were from Fred blowing out some Wilma's Broccoli & Cheese from the night before.

Would probably reduce the obesity rate in the US too. Maybe even get it under 5% in less then 2 years.

P.S - If your a creationist, or an intelligent design nut, you probably already believe the Flintstones was a documentary... :)]]>Jan 9th 2008 2:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/Jan 9th 2008 2:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/Jan 9th 2008 2:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://www.theaircar.com/models.html

As for the carbon-fiber and plastic tanks - they are designed specifically to rupture the entire length of the tank - resulting in a "WHOOSH" of air instead of a Mythbuster-style air powered rocket. http://www.theaircar.com/tanks.html

Think of it - the basic problem is that every car is a small energy-conversion plant - gas to mechanical energy. That is where the inefficiency comes in. If you can centralize that conversion (coal, wind, nuclear) it becomes very efficient. the problem then is storing and transporting the energy. Air tanks are about as "green" as you can get, but an infrastructure needs to be developed like the gas delivery system, so compressed air is readily available. ]]>Jan 9th 2008 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/Jan 10th 2008 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/compressed-air-gas-air-powered-hybrid-car/http://theissue.com/issue/7457.html
cheers!
Nick | TheIssue.com]]>Jan 10th 2008 8:40PM