Car Runs On Air? - Don't Fall For This!

The other day a guy at work sent me this link to a story about a car that runs on air.  Compressed air motors are nothing new.  Our boys had little cars that shot across the room after they pumped up the air tank.  Before there were tiny gasoline engines that powered model airplanes, they used compressed air.  I have read numerous articles about compressed air motors for years, some of the inventors making amazing claims about how far and fast they can travel on a tank of compressed air.

What got me about this video were not the claims by the inventor but the ridiculous conclusions by the reporter.  Anyone who has filled an air mattress on a camping trip or blown up one of those huge inflatable swimming pools knows first hand that compressed air is NOT FREE!  It comes with a price, and sometimes a huge price depending upon the volume of air or the pressure of the air that is required.  Can you imagine blowing up the tire of your car with your lungs?  Compressed air is not free!  Not only is it NOT free, but it is also not an efficient way to power a motor, like the motor of a car.

The main inefficiency comes when the air is compressed.  Wherever this takes place, there is a huge energy loss due to the heating of the air during the action of compressing the air.  It is the same when you pump up your bike tire with a hand pump.  The base of the bike pump can get so hot you can't touch it without burning yourself.  All that energy that is used to heat the air is lost into the atmosphere.  It takes a lot of electricity to compress air.  A lot more energy that you get out of it in the motor of a car that runs on air.

It is a scam!  Don't believe it, especially at the end of the video when the reporter starts talking about perpetual motion and using compressed air to generate more compressed air.  It is ridiculous!

http://www.flixxy.com/zero-pollution-automobile.htm

Value Added Tax (VAT) Coming Soon!

The Democrats really did it now!  With a partisan vote of 219 to 212, they pushed through the Senate's version of ObamaCare that nobody really wanted.  It was quickly followed by the "Reconciliation Bill" with which the Democrats promised many in their own part that they would fix those parts of ObamaCare that they had just approved and that nobody liked.  For example it will remove many of the sweet deals that were made to specific states to buy buy their votes AND it is supposed to change the language on government funded abortions. 

We will see how well the reconciliation bill does in the Senate.  It may never pass, which means that we will be stuck the Senate's version of the bill which passed Sunday evening.

NOW........how are we going to pay for of this additional governemt service, you might ask?

It is simple....

We will pay for it the same as all the other countries in the world that have socialized medicine.

They do it with a national tax called the "VALUE ADDED TAX (VAT).

Whenever I have traveled on buisness to Europe or the UK there is a special tax on everything.  It is included on every bill in addition to all the other costs.  It is a simple one line entry at the bottom which says...."VAT"

WE WILL PAY FOR SOCIALIZED MEDICINE WITH "VAT"

How will you like it when you are required to pay 25% or more in VAT when you eat at a restaurant?

Imagine adding 30% VAT to the price of a $20,000 automobile.  Let's see that comes out to $6000 in additional taxes.  Not bad, huh?

That is how we will pay for socialized medicine.  It is the price we have to pay, thanks to Obama and the Democrats.  Not one Republican voted for ObamaCare.

AND DON'T FORGET TO THANK THE DEMOCRATS WHEN YOU VOTE THIS NOVEMBER!!

Funny Fisherman Bloopers

With all of the depressing things going on these days with ObamaCare and the economy, this collection of fisherman bloopers made my day.  I laughed so hard that my eyes watered.

http://www.flixxy.com/best-fisherman-bloopers.htm

Am I a "Right Wing Extremist"?

I got some feedback the other day via some visitors to a local military installation that I was a "Right Wing Extremist".  Part of me was flattered that they were reading my blog, but another part of me wondered, "Am I really a Right Wing Extremist"?

I am a loyal American, who willingly pays my taxes each year.  I vote in every election and I am active in my neighborhood and community.  I attend church every Sunday and consider myself to be a good Christian.  I am loyal to my wife and family and work hard at my occupation so that I can support our family without government aid or outside support.  As a youth and still as an adult I am active in the Boy Scouts of America.  I volunteer at our local schools and am active in other local youth organizations.  I am honest in my dealings with those around me.  I don't drink or smoke.  Although I sometimes exceed the speed limit on the local freeways it is seldom over 5 miles per hour faster than the posted limit.  I have traveled outside the United States and am always proud to say that I am an American.

Do those qualities make me a Right Wing Extremist?

Although I have owned Ford and GM cars, I have also owned a Volkswagen, a Nissan and numerous Toyotas.  I am currently an aerospace engineer designing weapons for our armed forces to protect themselves and our country.  Two of my four children are proudly serving in the US Navy and I have several nephews in the armed forces also serving in harm's way in Iraq.

I supported myself in college by working at McDonald's Restaurants while raising a family with two little boys and a very loving and supportive wife.  I know what it is like to wonder where your next meal is coming from and how you are going to make the next rent payment.

So what makes me a Right Wing Extremist?

Maybe its because I don't believe in abortion.  One of our Daughter's in Law refused to get a doctor recommened abortion when she encountered a problem during her pregnacy and now we have two beautiful twin grand-daughters to show for her decision.

Maybe its because I don't want to see our country go further in debt and leave a tremendous tax burden on my children and future generations.  In his first year in office Obama has placed a heavy tax burden upon us, that I fear we may never pay back.  Pelosi and Reid and others are bound and determined to grow our government until our country is bankrupt.  We need to produce more US manufacturing jobs and reverse the worsening decline of US industry and the trade deficit.

Could it be because I don't want ObamaCare to succeed?  I have personnaly seen the results of healthcare in the UK, Germany and France and I am grateful that we have the best care available in the entire world.  In some European countries they care less for people's health than US citizens care for their dogs and cats.

Could it be because I don't believe that man is causing global warming?  As an engineer and scientist I have reviewed the available data and I understand the limitations of computer modeling, upon which the entire theory of man caused global warming is based.  Computer models carry the old warning, "Garbage in and garbage out!"  I know from personal experience that you can make a computer model match ANY set of data that you wish.  Our climate experts cannot use these massive computers to accurately predict tomorrow's weather let alone the temperature of the earth twenty years from now.  My wise old grandmother taught me to "follow the money" when you wonder why something is happening in our society.  I have followed the money spent on the global warming and it ended up in the pockets of rich hypocrits like Al Gore and the like.

For whatever reasons these fellows at China Lake referred to me as a "Right Wing Extremist" I may never know.  I don't see myself to be different than any other red blooded American who loves his country and wants to see it continue into the future for my children and their children and your children.

Call me a "Right Wing Extremist" if you wish, but it won't be long before our liberal friends will be looking for someone to blame for the mess they are making of our country and for someone who can restore this country to its greatness.  I stand ready to help, as long as I am able.  God Bless America!!