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Re:8 grams of thorium could replace gasoline in cars by p9idf on Friday August 12, 2011 @10:22AM (#2877336)
"Stevens has worked out you’d require a 227kg, 250MW thorium engine in order to power a typical road car."

250MW is around 333,333 horsepower. A 250kW, 333 horsepower, engine seems more likely to me.

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Re:8 grams of thorium could replace gasoline in cars by rdtsc on Friday August 12, 2011 @10:34AM (#2877400)
A 250MW engine could power a city and its suburbs.

"Keep that foot on the gas, we need lights downtown for another couple of hours"

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