Alternative fuels & alternative vehicles/transport

Liza

Liza

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Didn't want to keep hijacking another thread. LOL

Interesting possibilities on alternative-powered cars..

Air-Powered cars - e.Volution brand of model that will travel ca. 124 miles/200km before needing to be refueled with compressed air. Unfortunately, about .8 liter of oil is needed once every 31,000 miles / 50,000 km.
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/air-car1.htm

Another idea under the air powered cars cateorgy: Cryogenic heat engine. Would use liquid nitrogen, and change it into steam/gas form. Is this safe?? LOL.. and is it a limited fuel like fossil gas? After all, we have only 78 percent of nitrogen in the Earth's atomsphere. Hindsight, man.. hindsight!
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/air-car2.htm

What about fuel cells? Battery-powered electric cars?
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-cell8.htm

REBA, you and your hubby could use those new bicycles powered by fuel cells.. that only emits water vapor as waste product. Hehe.. tis called... the Hydrocycle! Just for your reference. lmao
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/news-item62.htm
 
Liza said:
Air-Powered cars - e.Volution brand of model that will travel ca. 124 miles/200km before needing to be refueled with compressed air. Unfortunately, about .8 liter of oil is needed once every 31,000 miles / 50,000 km.
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/air-car1.htm
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My car can go over 300 miles on a full tank. Doesn't gas leak faster than liquid?
Liza said:
Another idea under the air powered cars cateorgy: Cryogenic heat engine. Would use liquid nitrogen, and change it into steam/gas form. Is this safe?? LOL.. and is it a limited fuel like fossil gas? After all, we have only 78 percent of nitrogen in the Earth's atomsphere. Hindsight, man.. hindsight!
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/air-car2.htm
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If I got in an accident, there would be a high risk of freezing. I'd rather there be a gas leak and burn my arm than to have a liquid nitrogen leak and lose my arm cuz it froze and broke off. ;)
Liza said:
What about fuel cells? Battery-powered electric cars?
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-cell8.htm
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I've heard about those fuel-cells. I read something where a small marble could contain enough power to 1 gallon of gas. Imagine being able to have 100 marbles taking up less space than 1 gallon of gas! For a 10-gallon car at 30 mpg, I could drive over 30,000 miles on a full tank! ;)
 
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