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Why can't this work: (universeodon.com)

submitted 1 year ago by hjbender@universeodon.com to c/physics@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] swab148@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that somehow different than how an alternator works?

[–] hjbender@universeodon.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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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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