compressed air car

brad_gpx · Post by **brad_gpx** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:34 am

my mate and i were having a conversation today about the car that was developed by i think chinese or japanese people that ran on compressed air that was bought out and patented by americans to prevent it from being completely developed.

we began talking about how if we had developed a similar thing would we sell it to people who would cease the development of it or would we continue the development of it

it got me curious as to what other people would do as well so pretty much my question is

if you were developing something that would eventually benefit mankind (i say eventually it would destroy the economy and cause mass unemployment but would be better in the long run) but you would not profit from it would you
a) continue to develop it
b) be paid out to cease developing it (if so how much would you settle for)

Post by **vipfto** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:18 am

Take the money

Post by **Bennoz** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:24 am

If you were to develop it, you'd suffer the same fate as the guy who got his car running on water - an 'oil related' death.

FTEvolution · Post by **FTEvolution** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:31 am

Haha, the fella that got an engine running on hydrogen in a small west coast southern town here in NZ in the late 80's disappeared. Rumours were that he got killed which is BS. It turns out that he is in the states as of now living a life of luxury after selling it to one of the big oil co's (apparently BP).

koolio1234 · Post by **koolio1234** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:11 am

+1 to take the money....sometimes you just cant win

Post by **Supplanter** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:16 am

A French company makes something similar, they use it in forklifts and other indoor vehicles. I saw it on Beyond 2000/Tomorrow so it must be true... The only downside was that it has a short range.

topao · Post by **topao** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:09 pm

Supplanter wrote:A French company makes something similar, they use it in forklifts and other indoor vehicles. I saw it on Beyond 2000/Tomorrow so it must be true... The only downside was that it has a short range.

I thought it was the French company use it in Cars (they had to use some type of fiber tank to hold the air in case it exploded in an accident so shrapnel wouldn't go everywhere) but a guy in Melb use's it in the forklifts in the food markets

Post by **BorepYano** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:13 pm

+1 on taking the cash.
f*** the world and mankind, full of idiots anyway.

... ok, so I'm a little bitter toward the world right now lol

Post by **I8A4RE** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:24 pm

Cash and it would have to be at least a couple of billion

nathan · Post by **nathan** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:39 pm

take the money

paid billions for a job half done lol

Storm · Post by **Storm** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:48 pm

nathan wrote:take the money

paid billions for a job half done lol

Would that put you on a par with bankers then ?

Post by **Bennoz** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:43 pm

Storm wrote:
nathan wrote:take the money

paid billions for a job half done lol
Would that put you on a par with bankers then ?

lol @ your economy atm!

J · Post by J » Sat Feb 20, 2010 4:11 am

doubt they would of paid 1 billion bucks. but id settle for 1billion split into the group

id buy a island, build a theme park, employ some scientists and grow some dinosaurs...

Post by **Supplanter** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:58 am

J wrote:doubt they would of paid 1 billion bucks. but id settle for 1billion split into the group

id buy a island, build a theme park, employ some scientists and grow some dinosaurs...

And then make 2 more movies?

J · Post by J » Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:35 pm