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Old 24th-February-2008, 02:33 PM
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Air-Powered Car Coming to U.S. in 2009 to 2010 - Zero Pollution Motors - 1000-Mile Range - Popular Mechanics

I'll believe that when I see it.
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I think MDF cars are a great idea and that will save the rainforests
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Buzzing about in a compressed air-powered car will be an option for environmentally conscious Kiwis later this year.

Compressed air cars coming to NZ - New Zealand's source for motoring news on Stuff.co.nz

Hmm.
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"Damn, our compressed air car stalled. Honey, can you get out and suck-start the car again?"
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Buzzing about in a compressed air-powered car will be an option for environmentally conscious Kiwis later this year.

Compressed air cars coming to NZ - New Zealand's source for motoring news on Stuff.co.nz

Hmm.
"Hmm" kinds sums it up.
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It's a slightly more efficient way of wasting energy on inefficient trips.
The energy source for the compressed air has to be considered as part of the equation.
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Why is it called an "air car" if it does not fly?

But seriously, would air become the "new oil"? Will there be intense competition and even wars over who has the right to use the atmosphere as a fuel?
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Old 20th-October-2008, 10:27 AM
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Why is it called an "air car" if it does not fly?

But seriously, would air become the "new oil"? Will there be intense competition and even wars over who has the right to use the atmosphere as a fuel?
Or just a new way to use oil?
Anyway, nobody would be using the air in the sense of consuming it or converting into something else. It just gets compressed to store energy and subsequently released to give back the energy.
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