Why can’t this work:
NASA uses plutonium-238 to generate electricity for satellites in its deep space missions. Using this general approach, can a car battery be continuously charged and that battery used to power a car? Sure, new tech would have to be developed, but is this idea impossible?
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Is that somehow different than how an alternator works?
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I think it’s basically the same, but you gotta get the mechanical energy from somewhere and I suggest this plutonium isotope is the place.
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@swab148
A nuk power source for a battery. But someone pointed out the awful accidents that sometime happen and how released nuk would be that much more awful.