Jack:

I think you are on to something with the Chili Cook-Off and harnessing the
power of the wind!

--
Pete
'79 Westy "Aardvark"
'87 Westy "Joe's Van"
WWW.Busesbythebeach.com

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Jack R. <jack007@comcast.net> wrote:

> Pete...
>
> You know what they say... To "air" is human!
>
> Think about if we could harness the front end resistance of the Vanagon,
> and
> have it compress that air into the storage tanks... are we on the brink of
> perpetual motion?
>
> Actually, if enough people go to these, or even use them for their daily
> commute to work... we could cut the demand on gas enough to get the price
> under $2.00 a gallon again, and then we can afford to drive our Vanagons on
> longer trips.  Frankly, I'd consider adding one of these to my fleet.
> http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/new_cars/4217016.html
>
> Jack R.
> 84 Westy Wolfie
> Planning on going to the Bus Boo Sept 12-14th www.busesbythebeach.com
> Hey, with the chili cook off, and the "air power" we could really start
> something!!!!!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Peter T. Owsianowski
> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 9:13 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Air Powered Vanagon
>
> Hey!
>
> How about an air powered bus?
>
> *http://tiny.cc/smyGT* <http://tiny.cc/smyGT>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Pete
> '79 Westy "Aardvark"
> '87 Westy "Joe's Van"
> WWW.Busesbythebeach.com <http://www.busesbythebeach.com/>
>
>