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Old 05-25-2021, 01:06 PM   #11 (permalink)
Isaac Zachary
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I don't think it's all doom and gloom. Hydraulic hybrids normally compress a gas by pumping hydraulic fluid into an enclosed "accumulator" with a gas filled bladder. And those can reach some surprisingly high levels of efficiency: 80% IIRC.

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