Talk:Compressed-air vehicle

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Just because an energy source is renewable does not mean it does not produce Greenhouse gases. Biomass energy is renewable because is derived from plant matter, but the burning of biomass produces carbon dioxide.

The article also implies that nuclear power contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, which is incorrect.

Some numbers on the efficieny of compressing air using grid power to run these cars would be useful. How does it compare to the efficiency of using battery powered cars? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.177.48.53 (talk) 15:52, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Technology

Assuming electricity is the same at the plug, it must be compared to the other technologies in terms of:

  1. Cost to build, cost to run
  2. Charge/discharge efficiency
  3. Power density (power over volume) / specific power (power over mass)
  4. Energy density (energy over volume) / specific energy (energy over mass)
  5. Maintenance, reliability, failure modes, etc.

The environmental impacts also need to be quantified:

  1. Emissions and energy consumption due to manufacturing
  2. Emissions and energy consumption due to vehicle operation
  3. Emissions and energy consumption due to disposal

--Mac (talk) 09:06, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Environmental technology template

I'd like to replace the Environmental technology template with one that matches the standard navbox style, i.e. horizontal instead of vertical, collapsing and typically placed at the bottom of article pages. I've done a mock up of what this would look like at {{User:Jwanders/ET}}. Figured this was a big enough change that I should post before going ahead with it. Please discuss here--jwandersTalk 22:03, 17 February 2008 (UTC)