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Whoa that's super cool. Coupling a turbine to electric seems to get around one of the problems of turbines in land vehicles. Basically, fuel efficiency at low s
by icegreentea 16y ago
Whoa that's super cool. Coupling a turbine to electric seems to get around one of the problems of turbines in land vehicles. Basically, fuel efficiency at low speed is atrociousness . It was one of the arguments against the Abrams tank when it first came out, and it's only really through your ridiculously super developed logistics system (really, it's one of the shining examples of what the US Military can do super well) that you can keep your tanks running at will.
- jacques_chester 16y agoThe very reason the Abrams uses a turbine is for logistical flexibility. It can burn petrol, diesel, jet fuel or (at a pinch) methanol.