Indian engineers develop air-powered motorcycle

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Mon, 04 May 2009 12:00a.m.

More than a normal motorbike with air tanks strapped to the sides

More than a normal motorbike with air tanks strapped to the sides

A group of Indian engineering students has invented a unique pollution free bike which runs on air pressure and does not emit carbon into the atmosphere.
 
It is thought the motorcycle, developed by a group of engineering students, may have the answer to India's massive pollution problem.
 
Where normal motorbikes use an engine powered by petrol, this runs on air.
 
So rather than pumping out carbon dioxide, the 100cc engine emits nothing but oxygen.
 
The Air Bike, as it's called, carries two large tanks of compressed air.
 
"Our professors had asked us to create something which nobody has done so far and is also pollution free. Something which is economical and affordable to a common man. So we thought of inventing a bike, which runs on air. There is no combustion in this bike as it does not use any petrol, diesel or anything," says Air Bike co-designer, Arshdeep Singh.
 
The Air Bike isn't silent, but chugs along at 18km/h. The designers hope they can improve that figure with more fine tuning.
 
India generates around 4 percent of global green house gas emissions. With automotive giants announcing more eco-friendly models, could travelling by air be one answer?
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03 Aug 2011 06:42p.m.

GAGANDEEP SALUJA wrote:

hiiii sir... ur project is awesome , & i really want 2 do new in ur project , can u share ur thought with me.

01 Jul 2010 07:01a.m.

Professor Balthazar wrote:

Dear Harry, The air can be compressed with a a variety of methods centrally. You argument is the same BS the people that oppose electric cars pull out of their arse. It is easier to control pollution of a single stationary facility that thousands of tailpipes. What is your brilliant solution? The nuclear waste is not relevant to this article, go to a different forum. Thank you for your attention.

05 May 2009 07:40a.m.

harry wrote:

Bullshit.The air still has to be compressed most likely useing power from nucear power stations,the worst form of pollution.When the tidal wave that hit Thailand Etc reached nort Africa,It washed up radiated material onto beaches.Whos nuclear power stations did this material come from.The world has been exceedingly quiet on this.It is too easy to dump nuclear power waste in the ocean,out of sight out of mind.The Indian ocean is very shallow and this is why the nuclear waste was disturbed by the tidal wave