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You need to account for all the weight required to turn the radiation into electricity. That'll make the numbers ... a bit different.
by the_duke 4y ago
You need to account for all the weight required to turn the radiation into electricity.
That'll make the numbers ... a bit different.
- mrtesthah 4y agoNot necessarily: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_ge...
- philipkglass 4y agoThe GPHS RTG contains 7.8 kilograms of plutonium 238 but masses 57 kg in total. It also generates only 300 watts from that 57 kg package: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPHS-RTG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPHS-RTG You'd need about 3 metric tons of them to power one Model 3 cruising at highway speed (assuming ~16 kilowatts continuous power draw).
- stephen_g 4y agoNot to mention that you have to mine and refine a couple of tonnes of ore for every kilogram of refined uranium.