{"id":18902,"date":"2013-12-03T14:32:14","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T12:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=18902"},"modified":"2013-12-03T14:32:14","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T12:32:14","slug":"thorium-fueled-automobile-engine-needs-refueling-once-a-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/12\/03\/thorium-fueled-automobile-engine-needs-refueling-once-a-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Thorium-Fueled Automobile Engine Needs Refueling Once a Century"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thorium-Fueled Automobile Engine Needs Refueling Once a Century<\/a><\/p>\n

Current models of the engine weigh 500 pounds, easily fitting into the engine area of a conventionally-designed vehicle. According to CEO Charles Stevens, just one gram of the substance yields more energy than 7,396 gallons (28,000 L) of gasoline and 8 grams would power the typical car for a century.<\/p>\n

The idea of using thorium is not new. In 2009, Loren Kulesus designed the Cadillac World Thorium Fuel Concept Car. LPS is developing the technology so it can be mass-produced.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Thorium-Fueled Automobile Engine Needs Refueling Once a Century Current models of the engine weigh 500 pounds, easily fitting into the engine area of a conventionally-designed vehicle. According to CEO Charles Stevens, just one gram of the substance yields more energy than 7,396 gallons (28,000 L) of gasoline and 8 grams would power the typical car … Continue reading Thorium-Fueled Automobile Engine Needs Refueling Once a Century<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62],"tags":[58,1447,543,655],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-18902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-general","category-technology","tag-cars","tag-energy","tag-nuclear","tag-science","post_format-post-format-link"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7702,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/07\/22\/cars-vs-wires\/","url_meta":{"origin":18902,"position":0},"title":"Cars vs. Wires","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"July 22, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Most probably you have already seen it, but I'll post it anyway. 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