I like it. Seems like a very good thing to spend time
on. One thing about vehicles I`ve wondered about,and
this may apply to nitrogen,is if the best way to get
the vehicle moving is necessarily the most efficient
or best way to keep it moving? That`s why I like
hybrids,which seem to try to work around this problem.
But gasoline hybrids that only get a few more miles
per gallon than a standard vehicle seem to be the
wrong direction to go. Could nitrogen be used to get
it started moving,then have generators driven by the
drivetrain charge as the vehicle moves,to produce
electricity for a motor to keep it moving?
I always wondered why it is that a generator could not
be built that would self-power a vehicle,once it is
started moving at a certain speed,or why other
technologies (like wind power or solar power) couldn`t
be used at the same time to further boost efficiency
or performance? I wish I could build stuff! :)
Steve P.
--- "Tom \"Slick\" North" <prodog@swbell.net> wrote:
>
> Speaking of alternative fuels and power sources...
>
> We are working on a 2nd Generation Liquid Nitrogen
> powered vehicle in the
> Engineering Technology Department at UNT...
>
> news article on it:
>
http://www.ntdaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/03/24/40612a4096c09?in_archi
> ve=1
>
>
> Will be the 3rd built in the world... The first one
> was fun to drive and got
> lots of looks... not much on range though... but
> then again, it was the
> first try...
>
> The webpage about the original:
> http://www.mtsc.unt.edu/CooLN2Car.html
>
> Liquid Nitrogen is a byproduct from producing liquid
> oxygen, and is very
> abundant and cheap... plus our vehicles leave the
> environment just as clean,
> if not cleaner than it was...
>
> We've also been building some air-powered
> bicycles... he he he
>
>
> Later!
> Tom "Slick" North
>
>
> >The radiactive waste from a nuke plant has a
> half-life of like 10,000
> >years,
> >that means we have to store it for a damn long time
> before it's no longer
> >dangerous to humans/plants/animals/water supply
> etc. etc. etc.
> >They do have various theories as to where/how to
> dump this stuff in a
> >"secure" locale, but that all hinges on not having
> an earthquake in that
> >particular area. I currently don't know where they
> store nuclear waste,
> >other than the retaining ponds within the plant.
>
>
>
>
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