A bike that runs on air - SV650.org

03-05-09, 03:42 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8028309.stm

03-05-09, 03:53 PM

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

03-05-09, 04:49 PM

Spot on wolf, it just moves the carbon emissions from point of use back to point of production. Sustainable it's not.

03-05-09, 04:52 PM

another pointless device.

the_lone_wolf · 03-05-09, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Razor

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

03-05-09, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

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

haha i thought britains idea was a bad one lol

03-05-09, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

bloody thermodynamics

You won't win, you wont even break even. You can only loose in the Thermodynamic Casino...the house always wins

03-05-09, 05:10 PM

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.

03-05-09, 03:42 PM	#1
Kinvig Guest Posts: n/a	A bike that runs on air http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8028309.stm

03-05-09, 03:53 PM	#2
sinbad Guest Posts: n/a	Re: A bike that runs on air Now we can finally make use of all those pods which fall off those Compressedair Trees!

03-05-09, 04:47 PM	#3
the_lone_wolf Captain Awesome Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hamble Posts: 4,266	Re: A bike that runs on air 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 __________________ Official "Dumbass of the Year" 2011 (•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) Deal with it...

03-05-09, 04:49 PM	#4
Razor Guest Posts: n/a	Re: A bike that runs on air Spot on wolf, it just moves the carbon emissions from point of use back to point of production. Sustainable it's not.

03-05-09, 04:52 PM	#5
kurtis.randle Guest Posts: n/a	Re: A bike that runs on air another pointless device.

03-05-09, 05:10 PM	#9
sinbad Guest Posts: n/a	Re: A bike that runs on air 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.

03-05-09, 08:05 PM	#10
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Re: A bike that runs on air Apparently Bertand Russell found entropy depressing. I am inclined to agree - but I try not to let it get me down too much. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

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