Most economical car could circle the globe in 8 litres fuel

Daily Times ^

[HIDEK6]

Where do you put your golf clubs?

[dfwgator]

I gotta get me one of those.

[sushiman]

" 8 litres of hydrogen fuel. Imagine running on ONE tank for an entire year. "

They'll be charging $ 150 a litre ! Hehehe...

[RightWhale]

This is questionable. Seems like it would slow down quite a bit if a storm comes up in the Atlantic.

[Husker24]

I assmume the car has to be in orbit first.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

I wouldn't drive a car operated on nuclear fuel, and the last thing I want is for every moron in the country to have cars that run on nuclear fuel.

Me either. But nuclear power can always be turned into electricity, and it can provide the fuel to convert one kind of matter into another.

[isthisnickcool]

The secret is that there is a kevlar balloon that inflates and is then fed by the hydrogen. Then it's a simple matter if floating around and around and around the world. The "driver" of the vehicle dies from frostbite, lack of oxygen, food and the smell of poop is pretty bad but what the heck! It's the most economical car in the universe!!

[PistolPaknMama]

The article neglects to mention that top speed is 30mph

So at 30 mph how long would it take to circle the globe? Hopefully the fuel doesn't go bad after a few years. :-)

[Dog Gone]

8 litres of plutonium?

It sure isn't gasoline unless the car comes equipped with a mainsail and a horse.

[varyouga]

Actually, Ford designed a nuclear car in the 50's. But it never came to be because of safety reasons. It could go 5000 miles on a small amount of nuclear fuel.

http://www.answers.com/topic/ford-nucleon

[Publius6961]

As long as it's all downhill and there's no head winds.Perhaps they meant 8 liters of plutonium...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Actually, I heard that the guy who invented it has already vanished.

I heard Exxon/Mobil bought the patent and destroyed all the documentation. ;^P

[Publius6961]

Actually I'm looking forward to this.
I plan to have a nuclear reactor in my back yard, one in my automobile and even one on my bicycle.
Why are you trying to obstruct clearly superior technology?

[Blzbba]

"But this is not a nuclear reactor engine in this car is it?
"


No, but I don't put anything past human ingenuity.

[Conservative Firster]

Peugeot claims single-tank world record

Chris. Gable

Wednesday August 14 2002

Peugeot Australia is claiming a world record for the longest distance driven on a single tank of fuel.

The 2348.3km(1459.166 Miles)record was set in what Peugeot says is a showroom-stock 406 Turbo Diesel sedan, driven by renowned light-foot and multi record holder John Taylor (pictured).

The car was driven from Melbourne to Rockhampton on its 70-litre(18 Gallon)tank of diesel.

The record has been recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records and translates to an average consumption of 2.88 litres per 100km – nearly 100 miles per gallon (97.96mpg).

Taylor set off from the Melbourne suburb of Hillside, with wife Helen and a Guinness Book of World Records observer onboard.

The trip to Rockhampton took 36 hours and the average speed was 65kmh.

There was still 2.31 litres in the tank at Rockhampton, and all-up fuel cost was $52.13.

The previous record on a single tank of fuel was 2153.4km, set in 1992 by Audi in the UK.

[Gumlegs]

Bon voyage!

[Boiling point]

IT is the size of a Greyhound Bus and does 0 to 60 in July.

[stylin19a]

Plus they get to drive in the golden lane

[SunkenCiv]

And after circling the globe on only eight liters of fuel -- that's 3000 miles to the liter -- there's enough left in the tank to finish delivering to your paper route on Mars.

[The Red Zone]

Looks like a pig's rear end