"David Williams"
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>-> No expensive batteries. Look at an air tank as the battery case. The
> -> battery has a expensive stuff inside that wears out out. The air tank
> -> doesn't wear out and cheap to make.
>
> -> Braking gives free compressed air. A battery is an accumulator storing
> -> energy and giving it out. Compressed air can do it cheaper in capital
> cost
> -> and running. A hybrid petro/air car is the answer.
>
> Scuba tanks have to be frequently inspected
> and periodically replaced.
> The metal stretches slightly when the tank is
> pressurized,
They are not using metal for the tanks.