With all the talk of $7 per gallon...this might be the answer...Well, we will see...What do you guys think?

YouTube - The Air Car

It sounds good too , I wonder how the big block version would sound like ?

Ok, I dont care who you are.... Thats cool....


Chris:cool:

id like to buy one for my daily driver. with the money i save from gas, i can buy heartbeat's zl1

Let's see, it takes electricity to run a compressor to fill those tanks. Where does that come from? Power plants that burn fossil fuels.

Let's see, it takes electricity to run a compressor to fill those tanks. Where does that come from? Power plants that burn fossil fuels.
Chuck
The car is step one , making the power at home is step two. Im sure we will be pluging in at home for this stuff off the grid. In Time. You are right tho cant burn coal for it, but at least , at least the money stays here thats more important now. I supose with this car if you run out of " fuel" you could whip out the bike pump ha ha.

At some point in that vid he said it could be recharged/recompressed in 4 hours four about $2.00, not bad.

It makes too much sense to be real doesnt it? But why not start the engine by starting a compressor to fuel the engine, then the engine runs the alternator to run the compressor and the cycle is endless. Maybe Im over simplifying but I like the concept of the car. Wonder if duals would sound cool? :D

Aloooonininum! Cracks me up! Whatever it takes to save the gas for our classic cars. I'll drive econo-_ _ _ _ boxes operated on air, electricity or whatever to keep our classics running!

How do you heat/defrost those things in the winter? Might be a problem in snow country?

;)

alan

If these air cars hit the market, I wonder how expensive air will get all the sudden?

If these cars hit the market and our need for oil decreases, we will be hitting OPEC right in the wallet.

If these air cars hit the market, I wonder how expensive air will get all the sudden?

There will be a cost per breath charge plus tax

If these air cars hit the market, I wonder how expensive air will get all the sudden?

That was funny, I just couldn't think of any equally comedic replies at the moment ;) lol :thumbsup:

Remember when gas stations first started charging for air? There were lots of jokes back then.

The reality is oil will get very cheap again when demand goes away and if oil is cheaper than whatever the new technology is, we'll be right back at square one.

I like the idea though.

There will be a cost per breath charge plus tax

Don't laugh, the way things are going, some souless corporate entity is probably figuring that out even as we speak. A tax for air based on the government's "efforts" to clean up the air and minimize global warming.

If you think about it, it makes perfect sense, we already pay for water and sewer service. I always tell my boys "we are paying for sewer service, make sure you really need to use it :D"

alan

When you buy gas you are also paying a tax which funds many things like build roads etc. that will in turn have an effect when that money isn't coming in as fast as it used to when gas consumption goes down so you can bet they will find another way to get it like tax the air you buy.

i went to the indy zoo yesterday and i do believe i saw one of these driving around downtown. it was so small...but yet cool:cool:

I just returned last weekend from Niagara Falls Canada. I think their whole park system up there runs on alternative fuel vehicles. I wouldn't mind "commuting" in a tiny car if I wasn't sharing the road with semis and full size trucks. I wonder if one of them can haul 4X8 sheets of drywall?

Jeff

I likey!

Question??

What does it take to pump air up to 5,000 psi? I had a homemade Scuba Tank compressor years ago that went to 3,000 psi.

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