On 16/05/2011 12:50, cdb wrote:
> Which would bring us back to the idea of the steam powered car. Deutche
> Welle TV motoring program featured a gentleman who has the last working
> steam car in Germany. This is of course coal based, but I wonder if a mor=
e
> modern equivalent using either electric heating or a petroleum product wi=
th
> a more efficient boiler be viable.
>
> Viable meaning 20 - 30 mile round trip for town use, low fuel cost compar=
ed
> to 100% petroleum based car.
>

Didn't the famous Stanley Steamers that held landspeed record for a long=20
while and steam landspeed till recently use petrol?

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