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Old 06-09-2008, 07:09 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Joeschmoe View Post
Air compressing is not very efficient. It's essentially a mechanical energy battery. So you have energy loss in compressing the air.
Like the present technology--internal combustion engine?

Which, by the way is exactly how the Air engine works.

Explosion drives the pistons...
Compressed air drives the pistons....
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