Find The Boots

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Air Car?

Sunday, May 20, 2007

OMG, adiabatic air con and a Carnot heat engine. At 68mph.

I can't comment on this technology because one semester of Thermo was enough to convince me to learn PowerPoint. But it'd be nice if it were true:

The Air Car

Refilling the car will, once the market develops, take place at adapted petrol stations to administer compressed air. In two or three minutes, and at a cost of approximately 1.5 Euros, the car will be ready to go another 200-300 kilometres.

As a viable alternative, the car carries a small compressor which can be connected to the mains (220V or 380V) and refill the tank in 3-4 hours.

Let's assume for a minute that this technology works. This will win over all competing alternative energy driven cars.

Why? Because the infrastructure requirements are approximately zilch. LNG, hydrogen cell, etc, etc - all have huge technology requirements either at the manufacturing or delivery end or both. This has neither.

Plus it puts one in the eye of the House of Saud, which is always a plus in my book.

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Find The Boots

An executive goes on a business trip. When he arrives, it's raining cats and dogs. To avoid ruining his shoes, he purchases a pair of galoshes for $15, which he expenses under "Misc." on his expense report. A week later, the accounting department rejects his expense report, with a post-it note that says that the company does not reimburse for items of clothing. The next trip, the executive turns in an expense report without the galoshes, but with a post-it note that says "FIND THE BOOTS!".