Ok Voltswagen,
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Redirecting the exhaust is not a good idea...
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Salad oil for a lubricant - neat idea. But now the
Biodiesel folks will be crying about all that vegetable oil being diverted to pneumatic cars....
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Incidentally, because pneumatics use oil for a lubricant (incidentally with pneumatics lubrication is easy - you just insert the oil in little bits into the air intake for the motor) the exhaust contains oil. Not a lot, mind you - but enough to give you that deep fried feeling in the hot arizona sun.
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Seriously, the reason painters don't use pneumatic sanders between paint coats is just the issue with the oil discharge. It can be that serious.
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As for their design - I think it is really cool and fascinating. But then I like everything that shows potential - but not everything that shows potential survives the open market free enterprise system.
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Only time will tell whether or not it takes off.
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Back when the volkswagen beetle was first introduced (actually the Think was the original, but that was Hitler's baby, and too many people at the time associated the design with him) everyone siad it was too dinky and too ugly - but boy did it take off. the early Toyotas and Datsuns were just little dinky toy cars - but look at them now...
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So don't take mt brass attitude to mean that I am being condescending. I am not an agruing person per se - but I love to debate an issue. And the difference between an argument and a debate is one of creativity. You argue because you disagree. You debbate to impart your views and oppinions and the result is for the greater good.
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When I argue it is to make a point, not to degrade or defiel. If I poke fun it intended as just that - a humourous jab. My late Great Grandfather had an ultimate jab for all of us city raised folks. He was a farmer and worked with his hands. I once watched him fix a model T for his neighbor. When I alked him if he were a mechanic too - he replied. A man built this, so why can't a man figure out how to take it apart and fix it? Just because a man made something first does not mean he is the only one who can understand it!
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This has always stuck with me. Just like my great Grandfather, Mt Granfathers, and Grand parents, and My late Dad - I am curious about everything. And I can always figure how just about anything works. The only difference between todays technology and yesturdays technology is the means to the end result. Wind pushed ships accross the seas, then Steam did it, Now diesel does it, and even nuclear power is used (but nuclear power is just another form of steam power) - so where are we going?
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Henry Ford Built the Model T to run on Moonshine (alcohol) yet eveyone touts how
Ethanol fuels are high tech. I'm a little bit amused at the ignorance that we display in regards to our past.
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Remember - A society who ignors history - is doomed to repeat it sooner.
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dataman19
Re: Air Power
, I doubt I would draw anything close to 3C on acceleration. But then after trashing 2 couplers, I have developed a lighter foot when driving my EV. 
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