Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Open-Source Armchair Critics At It Again Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:13:47 +0200 Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: <1145p0t$2l6ge$2@dont-email.me> <114631q$2ojqr$2@dont-email.me> <114655s$2pc38$1@dont-email.me> <114ahfb$5fav$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net joi2UZZSbkQtITVjFttrTwuAIhItRA6U73XCZlT2Wc6mKKYXFL Cancel-Lock: sha1:bZrgyurQWwD/L4RNjT/JBqEiDZA= sha256:zIlDg5H8CikNGRPYBgTbcI60g+8ZnLTXedmtk1GX0eQ= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <114ahfb$5fav$1@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:89188 On 2026-07-28 17:22, Rich wrote: > 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. > > Which is also a "usage point" for "turbines". Run them at > constant-speed spinning a generator, then use the resulting electricity > for battery recharge. > > But you still have to deal with the "not terribly efficient" factor for > a car sized model, plus the heat generated by the turbine combustion > process. > In theory, you could run a second turbine on those hot gases of the exhaust. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;