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Default More on electric cars.

John Rumm wrote:
On 16/10/2012 00:14, Doctor Drivel wrote:
SteveW wrote:

If the primary power is nuclear then using the power to produce
synthetic fuels to provide all of the advantages of petrol and diesel,
while being cleaner would seem to make sense.


It does not make sense.


It makes very good sense when there is no battery technology either in
existence or development that can come close to the energy density of
hydrocarbon fuels.


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