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Well using the most optimistic numbers I could find the Model 3 LR does ~429km on 270 MJ battery pack. Assuming efficiency of system remains the same for 1 mill

• perl4ever 6y ago
  Using your figure of 1e12 joules, I thought, what about a hypothetical miniaturized fast breeder nuclear reactor? Googling, I found a document that says regular light water reactors produce power with something like 1.8 tons of fuel per gigawatt per year. And fast breeder reactors potentially could be 100 times more efficient, they say. So if I did the arithmetic right, and if Google unit conversions didn't fail me, you could get 3.2e16 joules from 1632 kg of uranium fuel, which ends up being about 2 ounces per 1e12 joules. So, sure, it seems doable to me. The "battery" would be about the same weight as a regular alkaline 9V. A bit smaller though.