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Old 03-31-2011, 10:51 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Compressors are not very efficient. And to carry a tank big enough to power the car even as far as EV, would be pretty large and heavy. The Stanley Steamer that set the land speed record (that stood for a very long time!) crashed and it's tank shot about a mile down the beach.
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