🚀 go-pugleaf

Gee, this flywheel discussion is getting long and boring.  I think that
some of those who actually showed data showed how impractical it is at this
time.

I saw a film about 3 years ago which showed a car which had an 8hp gas engine
and used some hydraulic fluid transfer to store energy.  This was an
extremely good idea, and it worked.  I will try to get the details, but
this film was about how people had certain mind sets and how it holds you
back.  This car was built by some college, weighed about 2000 lbs, could
go 0 to 60 in 9 seconds and also got some ridiculously high gas mileage
(~80mpg).  This hybrid is a much better concept than regular cars because
it uses the small engine to generate energy even when you are stopped, so
that the energy can be used to accelerate quickly like a larger engine
would be able to.  Since you only needed 8hp to cruise on the highway (in
this car) the engine worked alone and got good mileage too.

IMHO this type of thing should be explored until we get much better solar
and electric technology.

(I'll be gone until 1/4/93)
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