[SEL] Compressed Air Car? -- OT

[Steve W.]

Tom Smith wrote:
> I didn't read the link in super detail (my BS alarm also went into 
> overdrive) but it didn't say how far the car would go on a single 
> charge of air (maybe 25' if it was level ground??).
> 
> The other thing that caught my attention was the filling station 
> looking hose. To have any chance at all to get enough air pressure for 
> the kind of energy needed would require very high pressure, not a 
> hundred PSI or whatever might be available to pump up a tire. I know 
> the equipment required to fill my scuba tank to 3000 PSI is more 
> robust than a rubber hose. It would probably require pressures like 
> that to even have a chance.
> 
> I'm having a problem with all this. There are very few free rides in 
> this world and a lot of this latest "green technology" ain't all it's 
> cracked up to be.
> 

Our SCBA tank refill stations use what is basically VERY clean hydraulic 
hose for filling our air bottles. I wouldn't want to be driving around 
with an air tank with that kind of pressure though. One small oops with 
that tank and you would be picking up pieces for a while....

-- 
Steve W.
Firefighter,EMT,Fire Police
VanHornesville Vol. Fire Dept