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Old 24-11-17, 07:44 PM   #152
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Default Re: Electric Cars

Even our latest pair of 'supercarriers' are not nuclear powered, saw an article said they decided not to use nuclear because of cost, runs on gas turbines driving generators to feed electric propulsion motors. They only have a range of 10,000 miles - unlike the 'proper' American carriers that can go to Mars and back without refueling.

We may well have cause to regret such cost cutting if anything does kick off and our superfast carriers have to go at the same speed as the support refueling tankers LOL

Seems like a clear case of 'spoiling the ship for a pennies worth of tar' as the old navy saying goes.
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