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Coal Fired Engines
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Technology: None applied since the steam locomotive. Space age
materials can now hold the super heat of coal for over a week, yet suffer
no damage. A steam variable pitch turbine would power the engine. Another
coolant would rapidly condense the steam to water and reheat the water being
injected into the light superhot furnace.
Such a turbine engine could be perfectly balanced so as to last ten times
longer than combustion engines and be cheaper to maintain, just needing new
bearings. The variable pitch turbines allows for smooth power-speed
translation without any need for a transmission.
Potential: Oil barron countries may run their automobiles on
cheap coal.
Development: Originally countries like Poland and South Africa
would command their universities to design such an engine for locamotives,
ships, electrical gernerators and other large engines. The technology would
then be refined for smaller engines until fitting into small automobiles.
The country which developes this technology first may get the patents and
start a new industry with great export value worth the current value of the
difference between buying gasoline versus coal.
Coal to Oil Insitu
