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Compressed air is pretty terrible at energy efficiency. The main source of energy loss is due to heat at compression. When you compress air, a lot of the energy

by 6nf 7y ago

Compressed air is pretty terrible at energy efficiency. The main source of energy loss is due to heat at compression. When you compress air, a lot of the energy ends up just increasing the temperature of the compressed air and this is then quickly lost in the transmission process.

steve19 7y ago
Of course! I forgot about the loss during generation. I have had to deal with my fair share of overheating compressors.