[JimRed]

This is a hopeful article by a big fan - who hoped steam would make a comeback . . .

Steam generated by nuke fuel works for ships. Couldn't it be downsized for cars and trucks?

[AnAmericanMother]

I think there's an economy of scale problem - what's feasible for a large ship is not always down-sizeable.

But modern engineering has solved some of the problems that stymied the Stanley brothers.

According to the author, it was the big wreck in a speed trial that torpedoed the Stanley for the public. He also mentions the *smell* of the kerosene . . . "You could see a Stanley before you heard it, and smell its owner before you saw him."