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Originally Posted by Greem
There was one of those in a park where I grew up in Manchester, having been rescued from Irlam Steelworks, painted in gaudy colours and parked up for us to climb all over. It mostly got used as a toilet, if I recall correctly!
Steam is a *hugely* powerful energy carrier. Superheated wet steam is used the world over in chemical and large manufacturing plants because it's relatively easy to create and tends to stay in the pipes it moves around in. If it doesn't stay in the pipes, your plant is having a very bad day.
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Bring back the Stanley Steamer!
With a 100% safe fully autonomous transport system one might envisage some sort of hybrid with a steam generator powered by a time nuclear unit of some sort.
With idiot humans at the controls it would clearly be a non-starter. But with no human intervention the safety angle could be brought with statistical acceptance levels.
