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Old 10-02-2007, 07:07 PM  
rowan
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Originally Posted by dozey View Post
If it harnesses energy from radioactive decay, the chances are it won't be possible. In the event that you could accelerate decay (neutron reflection or something of the like) or just use a more radioactive isotope, the chances are you'd be suffering irradiation rather than cruising along in your atomic car.
Perhaps the lower power output of the new tech battery could be used to (slowly) recharge a set of standard batteries. Assuming the "decay battery" could reliably put out say 100 watts consistently then each day you'd have 2.4 kilowatt hours of stored energy to play with. That might power a little runaround electric car for an hour or two?
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