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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (6768)	12/17/2007 12:31:28 PM
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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (6768)	12/17/2007 9:03:03 PM
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The Air Car - A Breath Of Fresh Air Or A Waste Of Breath ? Posted by Big Gav on December 17, 2007 - 6:18pm in TOD: Australia/New Zealand The primary impact of peak oil will be felt on our transportation systems. As road transportation is the primary consumer of oil, this is where we will need to make the most changes in order to adapt to less available oil. There are a number of ways of adapting - most, if not all, of which have been discussed at length in the peak oil blogosphere. These include expanding mass transit systems, redesigning cities and towns to make them easier to walk or cycle around (or combining both of these approaches in "transit oriented development"), making greater use of electric cycles (or mopeds), using lightweight materials in vehicle construction, and - most commonly - switching to electric vehicles (particularly, in the medium term, plug-in hybrids). One variation on the oil free car alternative is the "air car", which is powered by compressed air. The Age recently reported that IT MDI-Energy will be setting up a manufacturing plant in Melbourne, with cars expected to go on sale next year for less than $8000 and with running costs "80% lower than current comparable vehicles" (2 L per 100 km). anz.theoildrum.com