Compressed air/fluid/gas energy method

An energy conversion method comprising the steps of:

• providing a railway having a driving surface formed of two laterally spaced parallel rails, the railway also including a vehicle with wheels, the wheels being supported by the rails, a roller attached to the bottom of the vehicle, the rails being separated by a centerline;
• providing a primary tube with input and output ends positioned between wheels of the vehicle, the primary tube adapted to be deformed in response to the passage of the vehicle;
• providing a fluid collection tank operatively coupled with the output end of the primary tube thereby forming a path of travel within and through the primary tube and the fluid collection tank, an initial cross tube connecting the fluid collection tank with the output end of the primary tube;
• providing a plurality of one way valves at axially spaced locations within the primary tube;
• providing a mechanical device located laterally spaced from the rails in operative proximity to the fluid collection tank, a power tube coupling the mechanical device and the fluid collection tank, transforming mechanical power produced by the mechanical device into electrical power;
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• wherein moving the vehicle over the primary tube causes the roller to come in contact with the primary tube, thereby causing the primary tube to deform and to create a flow of fluid into and through the primary tube, into and through the fluid collection tank, to power the mechanical device.