Posted by WA-Hal on January 10, 2011 at 18:36:14 from (208.81.157.90):
In Reply to: Steam power . . posted by jdemaris on January 10, 2011 at 10:52:19:
Maybe, but the Double was an incredibly expensive car. So they sold very few. I think that car collector Jay Leno has one.
The trouble with steam power is that it is not at all fuel efficient. Maybe it could be more so if a way was developed to store and reuse the heat that was always just lost to the air. People have worked on that problem, but I don't think anyone ever really came up with a practical solution.
I expect that more electric vehicles will be marketed and they will eventually have some sort of fuel cell to produce the electricity. That technology is developing rapidly, and as the prices of fossil fuels continue to increase, the higher fuel mileage numbers will make them more popular and salable.
I do not expect to see new steam powered vehicles for sale.
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