> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan B. Pearce [SMTP:A.B.Pearce@RL.AC.UK]
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 12:40 PM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      Re: [OT]: Air car
>
> >> Is this true?
>
> >> http://www.theaircar.com/
>
> >If it is, I don't know that I would consider it "safe" to be sitting
> >on a 4000+ psi container of compressed air in an accident.
>
> Well I guess it would be safer than an LPG cylinder.  I do not know what
> pressure the LPG is stored at, but it must be something pretty reasonable
> to
> keep it liquid, instead of turning to CNG. CNG and LPG both get used in
> motor vehicles out on the highway.
>
At 100F, propane has a vapour pressure of only 205PSI.

Regards

Mike

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