Re:Ditch the Batteries: Off-Grid Compressed Air Energy Storage
by sandworm101 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:15AM
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Or you could liquify the air. That would make the storage much more energy-dense but introduces all sorts of practical/heat issues. People have played around with running cars on liquified nitrogen. The air conditioners probably worked well.
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Re:Ditch the Batteries: Off-Grid Compressed Air Energy Storage
by bdamm on Thursday May 24, 2018 @11:22AM
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Steam power, in a sense. Now I kind of want to build one, although the crash scenario is just as terrifying as with a hot car. Hmm.
Re:Ditch the Batteries: Off-Grid Compressed Air Energy Storage
by reaperducer on Thursday May 24, 2018 @01:58PM
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There are clubs and people all over the United States (often in rural areas) dedicated to building home-made steam powered machines and vehicles.
Unfortunately, these real-life steampunks (not cosplay kids) usually also would rather spend time working on their projects and not documenting them, so there's not very much on the internet compared with the number of people active in the hobby.
Keep an eye out at county fairs and small town carnivals and rodeos. They usually show up.