That is all 'fine and dandy', JSG.....
I will use Nitrogen when it doesn't cost $10 per tire to fill them! Or even $1 per
tire!
I have gotten along just fine for the 45 years I have driven automobiles and the
other 15 that I rode bicycles with air in the tires as a kid !
You can take science a bit too far.....actually way too far.
Like the people who pick thru the grocery shelves worrying over the Salt Content
of everything they eat...or the Fat Content of each item.
Aircraft - great. Military - they love to spend money.
I wonder what the military says it costs to fill
just one F-16 Tire? $1,000 per tire?!
If someone comes up with a molecular filter that separates the Oxygen
(95% of Nitrogen's size) from Nitrogen that I can put on my Air Compressor for
$5, I'd be glad to put nitrogen in all my tires.
If you live in Florida and fill your tires on a humid day...tisk, tisk! Who cares?
The temp stays above 32° F anyway - always!
If you live in Arizona and fill your tires, water is not a problem ever!
If water concerns anyone - go obtain a dryer cartridge with Calcium Chloride
drying agent in it and place it on the Air Compressor's intake port.
Most water comes out the bottom of my Air Compressor anyway when I open
the tank to decompress it when I'm done using it.
Tempest in a teapot.....Sales gimmick.
"Never give a sucker an even break!"..........W.C.Fields
DoctorBill