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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Fergmiester Solar Powered Steam Engines! Don't Laugh, after all the made diesel engines work! Fergie [/quote] Fergie, i can see that very well, after all that's how solar power is used in homes to create the electricity. But, it'll probably be fuel cell driven locomotives in 30-50 years. For those that don't know, a Fuel Cell is a special tank that takes water and splits it into it's hydrogen and Oygen components, the resulting energy is used to drive an electric motor. This is called a single Action Fuel Cell, and would require frequent refueling with water,. But they are experimenting with a Double Action version, that is, it would take the water, convert it to H and O2 molecules then recombine them back into water. There would be some loss from the system, but refueng would be minimized, compared to a single action Fuel Cell. Of course there is no desire by companies to produce these in mass quantities, as hundreds of companies would instantly be out of work. but then again, in 30-50 years our oil supply will be so shot that we will be forced to do drastic changes.
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