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2010 MDI AIRPod First Drive - First Impressions: Maybe it'll save the world. Or maybe not. We'll see.(more)

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#11 of 12 Re: Get real, it's not a car! [dc325ix] by bbechtel16 Aug 04, 2009 (7:30 am)
Replying to: dc325ix (Aug 04, 2009 4:18 am) I only have a high school education in physics, and I didn't pay much attention, but I can assure you generating more compressed air from the exhaust of a compressed air powered engine, at a forever self sustaining rate, is impossible.
#12 of 12 Fail on multiple levels. by thom_payne Aug 27, 2009 (5:37 am)
But the most important one: “Air compressors are one of the least efficient machines to convert electricity to work” -- Harold Kung, professor of chemical and biological engineering at Northwestern University.   DONE. This is a stupid idea. You're better off using the electricity required to compress the air to actually run the car.

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