A Car That Runs on Compressed Air

[Klinky]

What if it was charged by solar power? For instance you have your car charge all day in the light and only drive it to and from work? At that point wouldn't it be essentially a self-sufficient vehicle that runs on solar, electricity, and air?

You'd be lucky at the end of the day to have generated enough power to get yourself out of the parking lot, much less get yourself home. Large motor home solar panels generate about 130 watts per hour in direct full on sun light. Cars take thousands of watts worth of energy to move around. For example the Toyota Prius can suck up to 27,000 watts per hour when operating off it's electric motor. The new Toyota Prius does have a 56 watt solar panel which it uses to aid with ventilation & climate control. That's about all solar can muster as far as transportation.

 

[Rodolfo]

Maybe he changed hands

maybe he's sitting on his hand, BEFORE hand.

 

[andalusian]

maybe he's sitting on his hand, BEFORE hand.

"Oh, I would while away the hours,
Wanking in the flowers, my heart all full of song,
I'd be gliding all the lilies as I waved about my willie,
If I only had a schlong."

— Christopher Moore (Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal)

 

[BrianFromWA]

We'll need to create a new global energy strategy that involves invading countries with huge reserves of air.

"Planet Druidia...and underneath that air shield ten THOUSAND years of Fresh Air!"

 

[andalusian]

"Planet Druidia...and underneath that air shield ten THOUSAND years of Fresh Air!"

We will have to invest in a bigger Schwarz.

 

[mook]

Since we're talking cars, here's a short 4 minute video of Google's smart car technology. Pretty damned amazing shit.

 

[maxiep]

I would seriously consider something like this for driving short distances. The city of Portland is trying to move towards "20 minute neighborhoods" and "walkability" so a car that can drive 180 miles before it's next refuel could last a long time before you had to worry about getting more air. I doubt there would be any places to refuel around here, but it says it has a compressor that could refuel the car in 3-4 hours so as long as you stayed on top of it, you wouldn't need to worry about running out of air while on the road.

Depending on how well it's manufactured, I think the fiberglass and glue could be completely fine, unless you're hit by another car.... that could go bad.

20 minutes to what? All the jobs are fleeing Portland.

 

[maxiep]

We'll need to create a new global energy strategy that involves invading countries with huge reserves of air.

I prefer using our own air, rather than relying on air from countries that hate us. Blow baby blow!

 

[andalusian]

I prefer using our own air, rather than relying on air from countries that hate us. Blow baby blow!

I blame the national air reserves for some of the stupid shit our politicians are saying. Some would suspect that all the air in the reserves was harvested from their places of residence.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Masturbation doesn't really count as a "new hobby" at his age.

barfo

First, that was crude and just flat out uncalled for.

Second, that was also darned funny.

Third, I thought about a rep, but just can't do it.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Seriously dude that's not possible. The video was completely wrong in what they said & actually goes against the laws of thermodynamics(and no, these people haven't found a way around those laws). The generator they talk about is essentially a compressed air engine hooked up to an alternator which produces electricity, not more compressed air. Since the generator is essentially the same thing as the car engine, they both run on compressed air making the whole perpetual motion idea stupid to begin with, even if you want to ignore thermodynamics.

As I said, this is a car that runs off of a novel way to store energy(for a car). There are pretty big energy losses taking a fuel or electricity and converting it to compressed air stored in a tank. That energy has to come from somewhere e.g. bio-diesel, gas OR electricity(coal, natural gas, hydro, nuclear, solar, wind farm, fart power...).

The emissions would stink.