Steam powered cars are the future, prove me wrong

Steam powered cars are the future, prove me wrong.
>no transmission required
>almost silent, no muffler
>more than powerful enough for normal uses
>very low emissions, can use variety of liquid fuels with little modification
>cheap, simple, and reliable
>warm up time is the only downside, but with remote car starters warming up for 30 seconds is a non issue

>driving a bomb

Hippie libtards are too busy throwing their money at the electric Jew, it'll never happen even if it were better.

Christ power, baby

>can use variety of liquid fuels
this may be really useful, because then you can use liquids that will have different properties at boil

i really like steam cars conceptually, i feel like getting someone to buy one in 2017 would be fucking difficult

people are only just starting to like electric

The amount of water the vehicle would need to hold for any reasonable trip distance would be really heavy, thus requiring a more powerful steam engine that uses more water, which makes it heavier so a more powerful engine is necessary. Eventually you have a steam locomotive.

Wrong. Condensers allowed steam cars in the early 20th century to go up to 1500 miles between water changes, with only a reasonably sized tank. Modern condensers would be far superior, allowing for way smaller tanks, and longer distances between changes (it'd be like getting an oil change, but simpler and cheaper).

It’s true user, condensers do quite a bit in regards of recycling steam.

>steam
>not just using a stirling engine
retard

>using a stirling engine instead of pure wind

It's funny because electric is shit for the environment in comparison
>a thousand pounds of toxic battery chemicals and heavy metals per car
>oh yeah and you have to replace that every 20-30 years max
>even if you recycle them that's still more resources wasted
>massive resources put towards new charging stations and infrastructure, when steam cars could still use gas stations
>and the electricity used is mostly generated by coal powerplants anyways

I'm no engineer, but I've read they have worse power to weight ratios, and are more complex.

>up to 1500 miles between water changes
you are assuming basically near zero losses of water
in a system that rapidly heats and cools a liquid/gas
and good fucking luck on a 110f/43c day getting that perfect condensation

There is a reason why trains have been diesel electric for almost a century.

I get that it's a maximum range and won't always be reached. But it's for a 75 year old car. Again, new cars would have way better condensers.

even at 1000 miles, im sure you will be able to find water somewhere across 3 or 4 states worth of driving.

>>warm up time is the only downside, but with remote car starters warming up for 30 seconds is a non issue
what if there was a heat source extremely compact and required very little fuel? OH, the government won't allow for it

Where are the diesel electric cars?

tell me how are you going to heat that water ? electricity ? or fuel ?
because that wouldn't solve anything

Why not just a turbine-based hybrid drivetrain?

catching fire all the time
steam explosions
cant drive uphill or down hill
very expensive
there is a reason they never caught on

working prototype
aborted around 2008

>tfw

Fuel obviously.
>that wouldn't solve anything
What did he mean by this?

>catching fire all the time
Except that never happened with steam cars.
>steam explosions
Same.
>can't drive uphill or downhill
[citation needed]
>very expensive
Even though they're simpler than ICEs?
>there is a reason they never caught on
That's like saying because electric cars didn't initially dominate the car market, they never will. It's just a retarded thing to say.

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>Car crash in Los Angeles/New York
>Libshitters see Car=Bomb
>Steam cars either outright banned or loaded down with so much shielding they weigh 6000lbs

Boiler explosions are no joke. I'd rather have a lithium battery melt down on the road near me than a boiler explosion.

one happened near cleveland about 10 or so years ago and they're banned

>never happened
yes it does
overheating and catching fire is pretty much the most common problem

>steam explosions
>can't drive uphill or downhill
I get the impression you don't know how steam engines work
or know anything about the history of seam cars
or have seen one in person and talked to the people to own them

>simpler than ICEs
those "simple" models are the oldest and take the longest to heat up and handle changes in pitch much worse
if you want something that's even close to useful it will cost allot
esp considering its been a dead area since the 1920s

>they never will
peak oil m8
any day now
anyhow more conversions of energy = more wasted energy