Do you know how much power it would take to compress that much air?
The car they showed apparently had about 600L of air compressed down to 440 bar. Doing that would take at least 500 MJ, more than double just charging the car. That’s wasting a vast amount of energy, much of which will be created by burning carbon.
Regardless, the point of the comic isn’t to say “This car sure burns a lot of carbon”. It’s basically the feeling of constantly being asked to make small but annoying sacrifices to save the planet while other people burn so much energy in a few seconds that all the little annoyances you put up with to try to help are erased instantly.
Do you know how much power it would take to compress that much air?
The car they showed apparently had about 600L of air compressed down to 440 bar. Doing that would take at least 500 MJ, more than double just charging the car. That’s wasting a vast amount of energy, much of which will be created by burning carbon.
Regardless, the point of the comic isn’t to say “This car sure burns a lot of carbon”. It’s basically the feeling of constantly being asked to make small but annoying sacrifices to save the planet while other people burn so much energy in a few seconds that all the little annoyances you put up with to try to help are erased instantly.