From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

"Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
news:3efb4418{at}w3.nls.net...
> >>Tell you what though round Scarborough these electric bicycles are
> >>really taking off. 1 year ago I thought about buying my wife
one & I'd
> >>seen maybe 2 in years...since then it's running at 2-3 per day
> >>(different people).
> >>
> >>Adam
> >
> >
> > I've read that they are popular in Japan to the point that there is a
> > theft problem.
>
> Great idea....the only problem I have is an engineering elegance one
> which is that they rely on std brakes where I'd like to see the electric
> motor/dynamo effect used to recycle the kinetic energy you want to lose.

Have you seen this: http://www.theaircar.com/ ?  A compressed air powered
car. I remembered it from the recucling of braking energy comment; this
thing uses the braking power to compress air back. I think this is a pretty
cool idea, as it is truly a non polluting engine, and a relatively safe
powersource which already exists in many many places.


Antti Kurenniemi

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