Zero-emission mobility currently rests on two foundations: one is EVs, which face the challenge of range; the other is hydrogen, which still has a limited infrastructure. However, an engine has just arrived that is 20 million times better (you read that right) and doesn’t need refueling: you won’t believe what fuel it uses and what it will achieve in the future.
Goodbye to hydrogen and ammonia: new fuel 20 million times more powerful
The latest diesel and petrol engine cars that use fossil fuels for the past century have been the key means of transport for people. However, apart from global warming, toxic emissions, and looming energy crises, various solutions like hydrogen powered vehicles and other renewable forms of energy are on the rise.
The popularity of electric cars is growing fast, but there still are the factors which slow their development. These are range anxiety, long charging times, and high prices. It is the very infrastructure of hydrogen fuel cells that is the main challenge for the technology.
Although, it is a brand new idea, T with a different name, the thorium car wants to be something more environmental friendly than the electric cars without these drawbacks. Driven by a mix of thorium and alcohol, there is no more need for refilling them most likely after millions of miles run down.
The first thorium-engine in history? Scientists believe they have discovered it
A thorium car is the term categorized for a vehicle that utilizes thorium as the fuel and burns it within the internal combustion engine. Thorium is a radiometric radioactive element with the capability to support nuclear reaction and hence produce power.
With a thorium-supplied engine, very little thorium will be subjected to lasers or instances where the particles are in motion to produce fusions. Such fission processes generate high temperature which is utilized to power pistons, and thereby, they convert the car’s wheels through a mechanical energy form.
The most notable advantage of using thorium, a powerful fuel source, is its ability to provide high energy density. If you would weigh just a few grams of thorium it can sustain a powering of a car a million miles without any need to refuel the mass of the thorium.
It is incomparable with conventional fuels (but 20 million times more powerful), and goes far beyond efficiency. An emission-free engine and fuel system design is another key feature of new thorium car as it produces neither greenhouse gases nor indoor air pollutants.
No refueling or recharging: just do this with thorium (you won’t believe it)
Laser-Based technology is the prime motto of the thorium power engine. Thorium is anostradic chemical which can be applied to maerootically drive laser beams. While a thorium bomb in an auto engine receives high energy electrons from a channeler, it emits energy.
The laser light is focused into a chamber where nitrogen and hydrogen gas exist which results in plasma reaction that leads to a heated channel. This heat turns a extremely powerful engine, which in convert heat energy to mechanical motion that power of car wheels and its drivetrain.
It does not use air, fuel, and spark plugs as their methods of operation. Thorium is a material with the half-life between 5-10 years, so instead of the regular refueling it is used the full-time. Therefore, thorium cars are unique with the longest range and efficiency among existing cars.
Imagine how mobility could change thanks to the first thorium-engine, which has an extremely higher potential than hydrogen and EVs combined. In fact, carmakers have considered the possibility of producing it without nuclear reactions, which is the only drawback we could find to this proposal (no one would want to drive with a radioactive power plant under the engine).