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Re:New material that can absorb and release enormous amounts... by R0b0t1 on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @09:42PM (#30187817)
I'm aware, and compressed gas storage containers are equally low if not lower. They also fail in a way that is safer than batteries fail. The tanks are engineered to split and the limited, usually zero, shrapnel is redirected downward.

What really limits compressed air as a vehicle energy store is the inability to reasonably run climate control off of it.

Re:New material that can absorb and release enormous amounts... by lazide on Thursday February 03, 2022 @01:30AM (#30189381)
And the incredibly low round trip efficiency - heat production then loss to the environment as part of compression is pretty brutal on that front.