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Steve: You think it's safer to crash electric- or hydrogen-power cars? Did you know Russia has developed a new “top-secret” submarine, possibly using advanced RTG's, according to:
"<i><b>Russia: A new development in naval propulsion.</b></i>" (Kuwait Times Website, September 13, 2007)<br>
What do you think are used to help power nuclear subs, remote lighthouses & beacons, etc? If you Google "atomic battery" you get lots of hits and this summary:<br><ul><li>The terms <b>atomic battery</b>, <b>nuclear battery</b>, <b>tritium
battery</b> and <b>radioisotope generator</b> [RTG] are used to describe a device
which uses the emissions from a <a href="/wiki/Radioactive">radioactive</a> <a href="/wiki/Isotope">isotope</a> to generate <a href="/wiki/Electricity">electricity</a>. Like <a class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear reactor" href="/wiki/Nuclear_reactor">nuclear reactors</a> they
generate electricity from atomic energy, but differ in that they do not use a <a title="Nuclear chain reaction" href="/wiki/Nuclear_chain_reaction">chain
reaction</a>. Compared to other <a title="Battery (electricity)" href="/wiki/Battery_%28electricity%29">batteries</a> they are very costly, but have
extremely long life and high energy density, and so they are mainly used as
power sources for equipment that must operate unattended for long periods of
time, such as <a href="/wiki/Spacecraft">spacecraft</a> and automated scientific
stations in remote parts of the world.</li></ul>Carmine<br>gfxtechnology.com<br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 09:54:53 -0700<br>From: steve@tjiang.org<br>To: greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org<br>CC: weyman_tedd@yahoo.com<br>Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Opinions on electric plug-in cars - time for atomic batteries?<br><br>"Atomic Battieries"? AFAIK I know those fancy batteries in satellites are powered by highly radioactive isotopes of strontium, etc. Many years ago, one came down in northern canada and spewed radioactive wastes. Spread over a wide area lowers the radiation risks to a non-issue but imagine a car accident in an urban area.....<div>
<br clear="all">---- Steve (KZ6LSD)<br>
<br><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Carmine Vasile <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gfx-ch@msn.com">gfx-ch@msn.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Tedd: Have you checked out the EPA-certified performance of the Chevy Volt? ("Chevy Volt", IEEE Spectrum, April 2011, pp. 36-7)<br> If we ignore source energy, the EPA estimates the Volt returns the equivalent of 93 mpg and will cost US $1.50 to drive 40 miles with electricity costing 12 cents/kWh.<br>
How the volt will cut Greenhouse Gas emissions, the EPA doesn't say?<br> Four decades ago, compact versions of atomic batteries like those used in Sputnik & Voyager were supposed to help us from gassing ourselves with CO2 & NOX.<br>
What happened?<br>Carmine<br><a href="http://gfxtechnology.com" target="_blank">gfxtechnology.com</a> <br><br> </div>
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