Blue|Fusion
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 Posted: Mon, 26 May 2008 19:50:26 Post Subject: |
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| T-shirt wrote: | | Blue|Fusion wrote: | | I looked into what that guy does to increase mileage. In cases of regular non-hybrid cars, any money you save in gas you just throw away into engine damage. Turning off the engine only to pop the clutch and start it again repeatedly? Oil, coolant and other fluids/accessories stop flowing/working. Horrible idea. |
I have to agree, that is the worst advise I saw from that group.
since many cars need the engine running for the power streering and brakes, seems like a safety hazard too.
| Blue|Fusion wrote: |
And my favorite ideas for more fuel efficiency is either the 6-stroke engine, or the compressed air car. Can't run out of air. Can't charge $4.00/cubic foot. And one of the guys that made his own fleet of light-wight compressed air vehicles made the compressor to run off of it's own compressed air, gaining energy from friction heat, which means little to no electrical or other external power is used. Kind of win-win, no? |
perpetual motion? I don't think so.... but running a compressor at home and using the "waste heat" to heat your home/pool/hot water/etc. seems like a good idea, plus the stationary power plant is many times more efficient than even the best car, even with the trasmission loss( electrical) to get the power to your house and the losses in the compreesion process (plus it can run "off peak", making for a more balanced system)
I'm very interest in the AIR car Idea, for around town/commuter use |
What was described by the creator of the cars and compressors, it did sound like he somehow beat the system for perpetual motion. I don't believe it completely, but I do think it could be a very efficient system. How he described it, the heat from the compressed air was taken out by a heat exchanger, leaving room-temperature or lower compressed air in the tank and using the heat to somehow add power to the compressor motor, resulting in very little total energy loss. It was on the Discovery channel a few months ago and that's the one that really caught my attention.
I also like your idea with the at home power plant. I think it should be mandatory for every new home being built to be complete with solar panels at the least. There's also a system to cool homes by using underground temperatures. Pretty much an A/C unit without a compressor and the heat-exchanger outside and instead long pipes dug into the ground to exchange heat of the house into the ground which sustains about 50F degrees year-round.
Oh, and someone mentioned something about nuclear power plants. Last semester in my Geography class, a guest speaker from the USGS mentioned that in the next decade many new nuclear power plants are going to be built and put into use around the U.S.
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