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Old 09-24-2010, 11:33 PM   #29 (permalink)
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The whole concept of using compressed air as a storage medium is not very efficient. If my memory serves, the compressed air only stores about 40% of the (electrical?) energy you put into it. Pretty poor ratio...

And, the tank has to weight a big boatload? How far can a 60-80 gallon tank at 2500PSI take you? And talk about lack of infrastructure; it's almost as hard as hydrogen.
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