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   jurb...@gmail.com wrote:   
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   > I  got into a van once that seemed to have instant cold air. It had sat for   
   a while. The only thing I can think of is they shut off a valve and maintain   
   the pressures in the refrigeration system. Automotive compressors have no   
   problem starting under    
   load. The house units have little starting torque so that would be impossible   
   unless maybe you use a DC motor.    
      
   > If you are a thermodynamics guy I have a question. It is one of those "Will   
   this contraption work ?". I am pretty sure it would be impractical with   
   today's technology, but is the principle sound ?    
      
   > Air conditioning that simply uses air. You know how a diesel engine works.   
   It is not friction that heats the air it is the fact that you are squeezing   
   the same BTUs of heat into a much smaller space.   
      
   I heard a couple of truck-drivers talking about how marijuana-seed oil has a   
   similar octane effect.   
      
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