Electric Car? How about a Compressed Air Car?

On 2007-11-13 19:07:50 -0800, Dave said:

The recent discussion of the merits of various electric cars. I'd
summarize the current state of the art as one of interesting
technologial developments, but an unsolved basic problem: How to store
an adequate amount of the source of motive power in a manageable
package. Batteries aren't there yet - and may never be. NEVs are a
joke, and the 3-wheel "motorcycle" types are marginal at best.

Now it appears that someone has come up with the idea of running a
vehicle on compressed air.

Eh. Why not wind-up springs or rubber bands? Or, better yet, some large
animal could be trained to pull a vehicle the size of a car. If the
animal was a plant-eater, it would be a continually renewable source of
energy. We could give the animal a name, such as 'horse,' for
'horsepower.'




--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor