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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>That would be nice but. . . . . . . . . . <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If it’s 6’ X 9’ X 18’
that would be 36 cubic yards. I cut it back from 20 to 18 feet because
there would be some void (airspace). I wouldn’t object if you cut
it back to 15’ or 30 cubic yards due to voids. Let’s just
assume that this shipping container has an average density of concrete, nuclear
materials would be denser that concrete so this might be a safe assumption. Remember
it needs to be shielded so there would be substantial amount of lead or
concrete or something similar. (Although that may be expected to be on
the outside of the package size specified in the article, which would make it
too large to be road legal.) It would be the size of a small semi and
weigh more than a legal semi driving around, and I’m not sure that it is
designed to be portable while in operation. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>200 KW would be about 260 HP so it’s
not an over powered vehicle. I’m afraid that the chassis, frame,
and suspension would wear out before the power plant. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Can you imagine getting in a wreck with
one of these? I don’t think that the constabulary, or the <st1:place
w:st="on">EMS</st1:place>, or the tow truck driver, or the EPA would be very
happy with you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>But you could go a long ways between “fill
ups.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>And then there is the initial cost.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>$.05 X 200 X 24 X 365.25 X 40 (Cents /
kilowatt hour * Kilowatts * hours in 40 years) would be a smidge over $3.5
million. OK, that doesn’t compute net present value, interest,
depreciation, alternative fuel tax credits, or maintenance. Let’s
just round it off and say that the power plant is going to set you back a
million. Of course to that you have to add the vehicle and propulsion
system and any additional safety equipment that might be needed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Of course that’s assuming continuous
usage, and my car spends most of the time shut off. Of course this would
mean that you wouldn’t have to worry about letting it “idle” all
night so that it would be warm when you got in it in the winter, or all day so
it would be cool in the summer.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You would be real popular in the winter
too. You’d have plenty of amps to jump start about anything.
(A service man I knew had a vehicle powered by several 12V batteries and he
said every time it got cold some neighbor would call on him to help them get
something started. The output could be diverted from the electric motor
to jumper cables and the voltage set to 13V. As the starter engaged the computer
upped the power to hold at 13V and what ever it was would crank as if it was
hooked up to a really good battery.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
cialug-bounces@cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Matthew Nuzum<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, January 04, 2008
3:54 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Central Iowa Linux Users Group<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Cialug] no more UPS
needed</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Toshiba is now selling micro nuclear reactors capable of powering an
apartment complex or city block. 200kw in only 20ftx6ft. <a
href="http://www.nextenergynews.com/news1/next-energy-news-toshiba-micro-nuclear-12.17b.html">http://www.nextenergynews.com/news1/next-energy-news-toshiba-micro-nuclear-12.17b.html</a><br>
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Maybe we should just put one of these in our cars. When the fuel runs out just
get a new car.<br clear=all>
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-- <br>
Matthew Nuzum <br>
newz2000 on freenode <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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