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Originally Posted by OzJavelin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Turbine_Car
.. Had these things running in 1963 and would run on almost any combustible liquid without mucking about .. See President of Mexico running his on tequila. Why mucking about with things like hydrogen when this technology already exists and could be "upgraded" to modern specifications?
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No real issue with turbines...except for the massive amounts of heat generated by them (as an engine and from the exhaust), and the prodigious fuel thirst. The heat is a fun one...I remember a motorbike article on the turbine powered Y2K superbike, and one of the owners...could have been Jay Leno actually...said they were sitting in traffic and noticed a car pull up close behind them, I think a Camry, and turned to see how close he was parked behind the bike...very close as it turned out, as cars will. He then noticed the heat from the two exhausts were buckling the front plastic bumper of the car close behind him...
