“LOL. There are thousands of “steam engineers” around the world, and the centuries of technology certainly hasn’t gone away. And the cure for all the above mentioned are easily done. At night, just keep the e-cat “ticking over” at a low level, just like truckers do when they stop for lunch. Fast acceleration energy stored in a “pressure accumulator” (see pneumatic and hydraulic drive car prototypes). Electric drive/energy storage NOT needed except for cold startup and running the radio and other accessories.”
There is a reason that the railroads gave up the fuel flexible steam engine and went to diesel.
That accumulator would act very similar to a bomb if ruptured. No 5 star crash rating for it.
Steam give excellent torque but is very heavy and doesn’t give great peak HP. It would be a lot like driving a train, 0-60 by noon.
Sure. Diesel was cheaper and easier to handle. And the E-Cat even more so. Had zip to do with the practicality or non-practicality of steam.
"That accumulator would act very similar to a bomb if ruptured. No 5 star crash rating for it."
Any newly graduated mechanical engineer could design one that "is" "5 star crash rated". No new technology at all needed there.
"Steam give excellent torque but is very heavy and doesn’t give great peak HP. It would be a lot like driving a train, 0-60 by noon.
There is this metal called "aluminum", which takes care of the "very heavy". And as said previously, "peak" power would be supplied by an accumulator.