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As someone that is neither a conservative or a desk jockey (all though as my career progresses I'm starting to become one!)
I don't get it!
How can compressed air be anything but a (poor) method of storing energy?
For example many yachts and ships use compressed air to start their engines using similar principles , this air is stored at high pressure in very heavy large vessels this energy is only able to turn the engines over for a minute or so (there are regs on the number of starts they should be capable of).
Meanwhile the main fuel in liquid form is easily stored in thin walled tanks and the equivalent volume is able to power the vessel for many hours.
Please explain.
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