| Back in 1998 son asked Dad, "what would you like | | | | the Active Chamber that greatly improves engine |
| for Xmas Dad", replied Dad "I would like a car | | | | efficiency. So much for the developing |
| that runs on fresh air". Back then, 10 years ago, | | | | compressed Air Car. |
| Dads reply would have been met with a "yeah | | | | There are estimated to be 15 million cars being |
| yeah, get serious Dad". Run the tape forward to | | | | driven around in various parts of the world which |
| this year and in 10 short years the Air Car is a | | | | run on either LPG, liquefied petroleum gas or CNG, |
| reality. | | | | compressed natural gas. |
| Guy Negre is now accepted as one of the leading | | | | Some of the benefits of these cars are, both |
| names in Air Car development which has been | | | | gasses contain no lead,combustion is smoother |
| ongoing since 1990. Another early developer was | | | | leading to longer engine life and no carbon dioxide |
| Armando Regusci who designed his own air engine | | | | emissions into the environment. Points to consider |
| which was recognised as being more superior in | | | | here are that governments could raise the taxes |
| design and efficiency to such a degree that Guy | | | | on the gasses involved and also conversion costs |
| Negres company, MDI Group, adopted a design | | | | are not cheap |
| similar to that which Regusci had patented in 1990. | | | | Some frightening data on your non-green petrol |
| Guy Negres background was in aeronautical | | | | engine car might, we hope, encourage motorists |
| engineering but amongst his most notable | | | | to embrace a greener drive and improve the |
| accomplishments are the design of a rotary | | | | environment. The UK Energy Saving Trust (EST) |
| distributor for the civil aviation industry and the | | | | estimates there are 30 million cars on UK roads |
| development of a 3.5litre W12 engine for formula1 | | | | and horrendously these vehicles produce their |
| racing cars. | | | | weight in CO2 every 6000 miles. As the average |
| Since establishing the MDI company in 1991 the | | | | UK mileage per annum is estimated to be 9000 |
| first Compressed Air Engine was developed in | | | | miles a petrol fuelled car is likely to produce 3.47 |
| 1996, in 1998 the first taxi to run on compressed | | | | tonnes of carbon emissions every year, multiply |
| air was introduced. In 1999 the MDI Industrial | | | | 24 million cars by 3.47tonnes and it totals 83 |
| Concept was rolled out whereby Turnkey | | | | million tonnes of Co2 emitted in the UK alone,. an |
| Factories can be set up in local regions to | | | | estimate for America would be at least 10 times |
| manufacture the company vehicles and also an | | | | that amount, totalling for the 2 countries over |
| Urban Transport system, industrial tractors, pallet | | | | 900 million tonnes of carbon dioxide gas into the |
| trucks and Power Generator Units, all operating | | | | atmosphere every year. How proud are we of |
| pollution free. Since 2004 MDI have produced a | | | | that? We should all take our environment far |
| new Compressed Air Engine capable of operating | | | | more seriously and act now to protect it for the |
| using various additives and also a device named | | | | future. |