Car Runs On Air.

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The future is here. Please take a peek and what do you think???.

http://www.flixxy.com/zero-pollution-automobile.htm

[whiteomega]

While this does work, there are a few problems. The compressed air needed to run this doesn't occur naturally - you have to compress it somehow. That takes energy, and that energy has to come from somewhere.

In the video is says the energy comes from a generator powered by compressed air - but someone still has to compress the air used to power the generator; nothing is ever free when it comes to energy, and compressing air this way just seems to be a parasitic loss of energy (since some energy goes towards actually running the compressor, and not compressing the air).

The concept is good - you can run an engine off compressed air, but the disadvantages far outweigh the advantages, in my opinion.

[CanadaGTO]

Hey, all cars run on air. They just need a little fuel to help with ignition.

[philipfreire]

While this does work, there are a few problems. The compressed air needed to run this doesn't occur naturally - you have to compress it somehow. That takes energy, and that energy has to come from somewhere.

In the video is says the energy comes from a generator powered by compressed air - but someone still has to compress the air used to power the generator; nothing is ever free when it comes to energy, and compressing air this way just seems to be a parasitic loss of energy (since some energy goes towards actually running the compressor, and not compressing the air).

The concept is good - you can run an engine off compressed air, but the disadvantages far outweigh the advantages, in my opinion.

I think they have thought this through. The point of the Generator is to eliminate filling the tanks at all. (as said in the video)

Therefore the Generator would refuel the engines system tank first and then refuel itself. That's its purpose.

Engine = moves vehicle
Generator = refuels engine and generator

I dont think they would make the generator just refuel the engines tank and then making you refuel the generator itself. It defeats the purpose of the Generator at all. You might as well just refuel the engine.

[slam525i]

Wow. Nice scam.

Compresses air drives the engine, that drives the compressor to compress more air. They even say "perpetual motion" right in the video. Even Homer Simpson knows better than that: "In THIS house, we OBEY the laws of thermodynamics!"

Non-whack-jobs have tried compressed air as a fuel before. (They rely on external sources of compressed air and thus aren't scams.) The problem is to get enough energy (range) from compressed air, you need a lot of it, and it has to be very high pressure. Highly compressed containers are a nightmare in a collision.

[froggy]

Wow. Nice scam.

Compresses air drives the engine, that drives the compressor to compress more air. They even say "perpetual motion" right in the video. Even Homer Simpson knows better than that: "In THIS house, we OBEY the laws of thermodynamics!"

Non-whack-jobs have tried compressed air as a fuel before. (They rely on external sources of compressed air and thus aren't scams.) The problem is to get enough energy (range) from compressed air, you need a lot of it, and it has to be very high pressure. Highly compressed containers are a nightmare in a collision.

It may be just because I'm at work but the video is not working for me I'll try it again when I get home. Judging from what was said previously I have to agree with slam. The only way that something like this could work effectively is if you had a gasoline motor that kicked in to fill the compressor tank again with air to maintain the correct pressure required to run either the air motors or the generators to create electricity for electric motors either way this thing isn't going to fly.