enthalpy

Friday, August 17, 2007


I don't like to make fun of cops for being dumb, but sometimes I just can't pass it up. Someone needs to inform them of the ideal gas law.
Now, Garner police have a new secret weapon against the high prices at the pump – nitrogen. They're pumping it into their tires.

“It’s been used on the space shuttle, commercial aircraft for decades,” said car dealer David Hurd. “Nitrogen is not affected by normal cold and hot conditions, so you don’t have any fluctuation in the air pressure.”

As a result, nitrogen is reported to extend the life of a tire and provide better fuel economy.
So Nitrogen has one less proton, free air is 70% N2 anyway. This sounds like an excellent business opportunity to sell Nitrogen to idiots.



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