Think Tank
March, 1976
Wheels on FireThe newest development in automobile engines is one of the oldest inventions known, the flywheel. A flywheel is like a top--start it spinning and it tends to keep on spinning. The heavier it is and the faster it spins, the more energy it generates. For a long time, people have been trying to figure out ways of using this energy and it seems someone has come up with a workable solution.A new hybrid car, using a flywheel engine and capable of going 200 miles at 60 miles per hour, has...
