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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8028309.stm
Now we can finally make use of all those pods which fall off those Compressedair Trees!
the_lone_wolf
03-05-09, 04:47 PM
No, it runs on whatever you burn to compress the air, most likely coal or nuclear fission, the compressed air is just an energy storage medium;)
Spot on wolf, it just moves the carbon emissions from point of use back to point of production. Sustainable it's not.
kurtis.randle
03-05-09, 04:52 PM
another pointless device.
the_lone_wolf
03-05-09, 05:00 PM
Spot on wolf, it just moves the carbon emissions from point of use back to point of production. Sustainable it's not.
not to mention there are far more efficient ways of storing energy than compressed air, temperature changes take a fair chunk of what you put in
bloody thermodynamics:rolleyes:
kurtis.randle
03-05-09, 05:01 PM
not to mention there are far more efficient ways of storing energy than compressed air, temperature changes take a fair chunk of what you put in
bloody thermodynamics:rolleyes:
haha i thought britains idea was a bad one lol
Alpinestarhero
03-05-09, 05:04 PM
bloody thermodynamics:rolleyes:
You won't win, you wont even break even. You can only loose in the Thermodynamic Casino...the house always wins :D
But what about the Compressedair Tree pods?
Ah right, fictional. Still, we can always depend on the Greater Hydrogen Monkey's waste products for the future of green motoring.
Sid Squid
03-05-09, 08:05 PM
Apparently Bertand Russell found entropy depressing.
I am inclined to agree - but I try not to let it get me down too much.
Miss Alpinestarhero
03-05-09, 08:30 PM
18km an hour?
Thats far too slow..! :rolleyes:
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