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Originally Posted by WishYouWasMe
unless you could build a circulatory system for it. I dont know how any of this would be done im just brainstorming lol so I know most of it probably isnt feasible. In some fashion though...the compressed air might possible be created on spot by a mechanism that creates a vaccum similiar to a turbine. A small turbine powered bike should work in this fashion. My thing is that there has to be some way to multiply the wattage generated by these interactions.
First Law of Thermodynamics: You can not get more out of a system then you put in to it.

Gasoline has a very high "Energy density" making for a lot of mileage/speed for a relatively small volume. Sorry about that Chief. Compressed air is very inefficient. I have seen the video of a German who mounted a honest to God jet turbine on a bicycle. Funny once.
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