I visited a locomotive museum in Calera, AL and saw a steam powered rail yard engine built before 1950 that did not generate it's own steam. It had a high pressure steam vessel which was filled will high pressure steam daily from a steam generating plant. On that steam charge it could run 1/2 to 3/4 of a day before having to be recharged. Similar in principle to a compressed air powered vehicle. The point here is that the principle of compressed steam or air works for driving a vehicle and the source does not have to be on board the engine itself. Fueling time is another matter. But this proves the point John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Roger Whittaker wrote: > dear pisser mobile > > there is a link on that page taking clickers to a popular Mechanics site > where compressed air powered vehicles is the discussion... > the image shows 2003 as the date on the concept drawing > the article says 2009-2010 ... delivery > yours > > > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:50 PM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote: > > >> This just amazes me. If you own a cow, you have got it made!!! >> >> Why didn't someone think of it before. It took some serious thinking >> outside the box to come up with this one, but it makes a lot of sense >> and the technology is relatively simple. It produces raw hydrogen that >> can be burned, and storage is simple. Fuel cells as we currently know >> them are not required. No high pressure super cold vessels required for >> storage either. >> >> This was developed at Ohio University so it's not some strange idea >> dreamed up in some strange land - it came from good old USA ingenuity. >> >> For more details visit here >> >> >> http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/07/28/your-car-and-home-could-soon-be-powered-by-your-urine.aspx >> >> Or; >> >> Google for "Pee for Fuel" - all kinds of articles will pop up. >> >> John Rodgers >> 88 GL Driver >> >> > > > > -- > roger w > >From Proverbs: > Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a > servant who becomes king ... > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Explore printed work at: http://www.prliving.ca/ > View the growing list of video work at: > http://revver.com/find/video/?query=LastonLastof&search_on=owners > and ... older work at > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7135104650374818257 > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3259745150182742364 > > > |
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