"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
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On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 16:11:59 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
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In article ,
Chris Hogg wrote:
Much of what Turnip says is. Or more accurately, delusion.

He wasn't suggesting that people have nuclear powered cars, but he was
pointing out that only atomic fuel has the energy density necessary to
give cars the ranges to match those of today's ICE cars,

Eh? You are going to have to re-fuel nuclear powered cars as often?

If they ever exist, which they won't, the power source will long
outlast the chassis and they'd never need refuelling. That's because
they have a very high power density, so you'd actually only need a
very small power source to last no longer than say fifteen years. But
there'd be a limit to how small you could make it. But they'll never
happen anyway.

There's a table of energy densities here, http://tinyurl.com/a4tm2qm
which shows how far ahead atomic stuff is, and how far behind ICE
fuels are batteries.

They may not be kosher or halal, but those ham and cheese sandwiches are
impressive.