Re: Fuel Cell Motorbike Announced

TJB replied to:

> In combat?
> Even the shielding needed around the smallest reactor is enough to make it
> very hard to transport.
> Add armouring, and enough shielding that a crew can live near it, and
> you're looking at something that's going to weigh many times what current
> tanks do.

It wouldn't be something directly in combat. It would be in theater
but to the rear of the lines. Whereever now we would position supply
depots we would position one of these nuclear powered hydrogen
generators. I think you could probably build a reactor that could be
transportable by a C5. Ideally it would be on its own truckish
platform so it could be transportable.

More within reach would be a special kind of ship with the reactor on
it that was dedicated to the job of producing hydrogen. It could park
itself off the coast and then generate the hydrogen by electrolysis by
first distilling then separating the sea water. Then you could pipe it
to wherever it is needed. In this case, you would save the time it
took to drill oil, refine it into gasoline, then ship it.

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