Air Car Water Car Fuel Clean Motor Save Gas Best Engine
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jjSOvbsE460&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jjSOvbsE460&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
C&P from another forum.
BoyntonStu
---------------------------------------
If you want to increase pollution, this is the way to go.
Q&A:
Q: What powers the Air Bike?
A: Compressed air.
Q: Where does one get the compressed air?
A: From a compressor.
Q: Where does the compressor get the power to change atmospheric air to
compressed air?
A: From the wall outlet right there.
Q: Where does the power for the wall outlet come from?
A: The Power Plant which emits radon, sulfuric acid and a plethora of
other good things.
Now, for the efficiency questions:
Q: What is the efficiency from fossil fuel used in the power plant to
electricity?
A: I have heard of numbers as low as 25% with the turbines running no
better than 60%, the generators never exceeding 90%, etc.
Q: What is the efficiency of the compressor?
A: "Compressed air is one of the most expensive uses of energy in a
manufacturing plant. About eight horsepower of electricity is used to
generate one horsepower of compressed air. "
(http://www.mntap.umn.edu/energy/82-CompAir.htm)
That means 12.5%, with numbers like 10% being not difficult to expect.
Q: What is the efficiency of the air motor on the bike?
A: Unless it is a very new design, efficiencies of 50% or less are
considered reasonable.
Overall efficiency is 25% * 10% * 50% or 1.25% overall efficiency. If
you want to pollute more somewhere else, this is the way. Even with a
100% efficient air motor, we are only talking 2.5% overall efficiency.