On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 19:52:39 -0700 (PDT), steve preston
<steves287dak@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 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! :)
>
That's called a perpetual motion machine. The problem with that idea is
that there is always a loss of energy. Through the drivetrain or through
heat. It's the same reason why you don't get the same HP at the wheels of
your truck as you do at the flywheel.
-- -Droo
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