on 30/10/02 1:52 am, Kevin Tarr at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> External combustion engines (steam engines/turbines) are already more >> efficient than internal combustion engines, and what happened to the Stanley >> Steamer? >> >> -- >> William T Goodall > > > Well come on ;-) They couldn't go far, took hours to warm up, had to carry
Actually with flash boilers they were ready to go in a couple of minutes from cold. > both fuel and water, very dangerous in case of accident. They went away And they had condensers. > because the IC could make power NOW...back in 1889 or whenever. > Steam cars lasted into the 1920's. They cost more than IC cars, and fuel was very cheap, so efficiency didn't matter. So it was price that killed them AFAIK. -- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
