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21 Feb 2010, 4:48 pm

A article on a ancient concept of Ford. Nuclear powered car! It was a another era... Still the design is cool 8)
http://www.damninteresting.com/the-atomic-automobile


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21 Feb 2010, 7:58 pm

There's actually a new one made by Cadillac, runs on a Thorium reactor.

http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/14/cadillac-world-thorium-fuel-concept-car/

Granted, there's only one in existence and they probably made it because they were bored and because they can, so it's probably going to run several million dollars.



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22 Feb 2010, 5:09 am

Lately I have been playing Fallout 3. its full of trashed nuclear cars and some look a lot like that ford. Thanks.


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22 Feb 2010, 11:14 am

I wouldnt put it past the future at this point. I heard some weeks ago that there is a theory in testing about a nuclear battery (heh, would be funny considering the lifespan of most isotopes is in the thousands of years).



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23 Feb 2010, 11:43 am

PlatedDrake wrote:
I wouldnt put it past the future at this point. I heard some weeks ago that there is a theory in testing about a nuclear battery (heh, would be funny considering the lifespan of most isotopes is in the thousands of years).


one set to run my Xbox controller would run like thousands of dollars sadly D:


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23 Feb 2010, 11:49 am

A nuclear powered car is totally infeasible. The power plant would be very heavy and fissile material is dangerous to life and health. The closest thing we will have to an atom powered car is an electric powered car where the electricity is generated at a fission powered facility.

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23 Feb 2010, 4:17 pm

I'm not fond of nuclear power (euphemistic).


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