THIS CAR RUNS FOR 100 YEARS WITHOUT REFUELING

The amazing car pictured is a theoretical
concept car which could run for one
hundred years without needing to be
refueled. Such a car would be powered by
thorium, one of the densest materials on
planet Earth. Advertisement Car Powered By Thorium The massive density of Thorium (11.7
grams per cubic meter) means that it can
store an impressive amount of energy,
more than 20 million times the energy
stored in coal. This means that a very
small amount of Thorium has the potential to provide the same amount of
energy as a very large amount of fossil
fuels such as coal or oil. One gram of
thorium contains as much energy as
28,000 liters of oil. If this energy could be accessed, Thorium
could be the solution to satisfying
humanity’s exponentially increasing
demands for energy and reducing the
massive greenhouse emissions and global
warming caused by dependence on fossil fuels. However, Thorium is radioactive, so
appropriate precautions would need to be
made to ensure the safety of any Thorium
system. Inspired by Thorium’s massive energy
potential, a company called Laser Power
Systems had developed a theoretical
concept for a Thorium powered car. Such
a car would probably never need to be
refueled as the car would run down before the fuel source was depleted. In
this concept, Laser Power Systems build a
laser with Thorium incorporated in the
power source. This Laser is then directed towards the
water and used to heat the water until it
boils, producing steam. This steam is then
used to turn a turbine which generates
electrical energy. This energy is used to
power the vehicle. By incorporating Thorium into the design of the power
system, Laser Power Systems ensure that
this theoretical Thorium powered car has
the potential to continue running for over
one hundred years without requiring
refueling. Advertisement Even more impressively, Laser Power
Systems claim that such a car would only
require 8 grams of Thorium to be included
in the power generation system. Such a
car would be emission free and would go
a long way to solving the problems associated with dependence on fossil
fuels such as global warming.