Has anyone heard of the Inertial Storage Transmission ?1970's Mechanics Illustrated /Car used 50% less gas. ?

Question

The inventors name was Vince somebody...I think it was sometime in the late 1970's this engine was on the cover of Mechanics Illustrated.

It was such a big deal because of the gas wars of the 70's when the lines for gas here in Miami were around the block.

Principal here was to store energy that naturally occurs when stopping the car, (as happens with a suction effect)

save it for a moment then release it to propell the car forward.

In stop and start traffice it saved 50% biofuel consumption.

I believe the idea was purchased by a "ghost" company that quickly removed it from the public eye and it was never to be heard from again.

To those who want to drill more (beside where China is drilling already is a possibility I think fruitful and passive aggressive enough 2 get 2 the point)

But 1st try harder to innovate. Stop allowing great blocks of money movement to dominate the culture and how that culture proceeds forward. This is culture/governing without conscience.

Answer 1

http://www.rexresearch.com/carman/carman...

seems to be it.  

Seems like regenerative braking, using hydraulics and compressed air.

Answer 2

These cars weren't repressed--they just didn't work very well for the money they cost to build.  The biggest deal then was flywheels, but the problem there was that the most efficient flywheels had to spin at insane speeds, thus requiring a vacuum chamber and bearings of heroic design.  And since they could and did disintegrate, they also required a shield that wasn't light.  The transmission was quite an elaborate affair, and by the time they got done with it, the only vehicle that could accommodate all the machinery was a bus.  

A lot of technologies are proposed and then fail.  It's the natural order of how things get done.  In the few cases of technology suppression that have ever been confirmed, the perpetrators were never able to hide the existence of the developments for very long.  They just refused to let anyone produce the things.  (The best example was the fluorescent light, the suppression of which in the '40's GE executives went to jail on anti-trust conspiracy charges.)

Answer 3

This seems to happen a lot with many great inventions. It seems there are a lot of business people that are "short sighted". They don't think in long term.

Answer 4

The Environmentalist cost most of about 17% of the power by forcing the auto companys to lower the fireing point from 14 deg. before top ded center.That reduces the power and internal temoerature so it doesnt produce so much NO2. They have retarded to about 10 deg. Our worst enemy is our  envirementalist or polliticaians. Get the competation back in making autoes.