Friday, August 12, 2011

Cars Powered by Heavy-Metal Thorium

From wardsauto.com U.S. Researcher Preparing Prototype Cars Powered by Heavy-Metal Thorium

Because thorium is so dense, similar to uranium, it stores considerable potential energy: 1 gm of thorium equals the energy of 7,500 gallons (28,391 L) of gasoline Stevens says. So, using just 8 gm of thorium in a car should mean it would never need refueling.

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