The 760 million mile per gallon carburetor

ByRod Adams

As oil reaches price levels never before seen, I have been thinking about an article I wrote a bit more than four years ago. I called it the 760 Million Mile per Gallon Carburetor.

https://atomicinsights.com/FTROU/3-06-01.html

Though the article is a bit of a thought piece, the basic idea is that it is possible today, using technology that has been in use for more than 50 years, to build engines that can drive vehicles – not personal automobiles, but ships and perhaps locomotives – that can achieve the technical equivalent of a medium sized automobile that can travel 760 MILLION miles per gallon.

As you wonder where the gasoline and diesel fuel that enables today’s modern lifestyle will come from in the future, think about the amazing capabilities of uranium.

Rod Adams
Rod Adams

Rod Adams is Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital, a venture fund that invests in advanced nuclear, which provides affordable access to this clean energy sector to pronuclear and impact investors. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., which was one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience. He has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology, regulation, and policies for several decades through Atomic Insights, both as its primary blogger and as host of The Atomic Show Podcast. Please click here to subscribe to the Atomic Show RSS feed. To join Rod's pronuclear network and receive his occasional newsletter, click here.

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