Re: Open-Source Armchair Critics At It Again

On 2026-07-28 05:43, c186282 wrote:
> On 7/27/26 00:42, rbowman wrote:
>> On Sun, 26 Jul 2026 21:23:57 -0400, c186282 wrote:
>>
>>>     They DID promise atomic-powered cars back when I was a little kid.
>>>     Wonder what happened ?
>>
>> Ford didn't make any promises with the Nucleon. It was a concept based on
>> small, lightweight reactors becoming available in the future. Never
>> happened.
>>
>> I do remember Chrysler's turbine car from the '64 World's Fair. There 
>> were
>> working prototypes but that didn't prove out either.
> 
>    Turbines aren't great for automobiles.
> 
>    We CAN make 'em cheap enough now - but they are
>    not very fuel efficient and take too long to
>    wind up and down.
> 
>    So, no "Batmobiles".
> 
>    "Hybrids", using a small constant-speed diesel
>    as the recharge generator ... those can be
>    very efficient.

There was an hybrid with a turbine and a generator. Volvo? They made 
about a dozen of them, then disappeared, no talk about them.

ChatGPT just explained to me what happened. Basically small turbines, 
even at constant speed for a generator, are trouble.

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