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To: Olog-hai
Steam power is the way to go


18 posted on 02/22/2019 9:07:25 PM PST by spokeshave (recovering Spokeshave from another computer.)
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To: spokeshave
Well, I usually think of cars such as this. This Doble Series E is one of many steam cars that Jay Leno owns. The device in front that looks like a radiator is actually a condenser, which turns the used steam back into water to get re-boiled to run through the cylinders again. The engine itself generates 1,000 lb/ft of torque.


20 posted on 02/22/2019 9:31:29 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: spokeshave
1925 Doble E-20 Steam Car (Jay Leno's Garage)
26 posted on 02/22/2019 9:51:15 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: spokeshave
Technically we are still in the steam age.

Even though we can split atoms, what do we do with the energy? Boil water!

Even the internal combustion engine is taking advantage of expanded vapors aka steam power.

28 posted on 02/22/2019 10:11:38 PM PST by rawcatslyentist ("All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing")
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To: spokeshave

Dad’s Army did something similar with the butcher’s truck?


47 posted on 02/23/2019 3:38:07 AM PST by wally_bert (You're bringing The Monk down, man!)
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