Comments on: Steam-Powered Car Breaks a Century-Old Speed Record

By: A10roothog

A10roothog — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 02:26:37 +0000

Your article says…. “But by the 1920s, the convenience of the internal combustion engine had essentially made steam cars obsolete.” This,ppl, is only PARTIALLY true. While yes, it is true that the internal combustion was more convienant, the ACTUAL truth is that the BIG OIL companies had done got a good bite on the worlds consumers pocketbooks, and they STILL HAVENT LET GO TODAY!!!! If you try to build one of these “EARTH FRIENDLY” vehicles today and market it (that is, a steam powered car)… just see how fast your “favorite” Uncle Sam will come in, bust up your invention, STEAL the copyrights so you cant ever do it again, and basically leave your life in shambles….and they call this the land of oppurtunity….BAH HUMBUG, I say!!!!
And the “electric car” is supposed to be earth friendly? Think about this… and this is something the media or your “favorite” Uncle Sam isnt telling you also. Every night, when we all have to plug our cars in… well, what do you think will happen to the electric companies when 150 million cars get plugged in at 6 PM every night we get home from work? I will tell you what will happen…the oil needed to produce electricity for our homes will increase 10-fold. So, the electric car is no more “earth friendly” than my current gas guzzler. PEOPLE…. its time to WAKE UP!!!!!!!! The steam engine is THE ONLY WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!! But dont tell your ‘favorite” Uncle Sam that… they will call you a heretic and throw you away for a very long time, just like old school Russia. So, after reading this… if anyone gets the idea to build a steam car…. just build it for yourself. They cant get you that way, because you aint marketing it, kinda like they havent told us (yet) that we cant have solar power for our houses….but just wait, they will, because somebody out there will be whining that they arent making money anymore…. FREE WORLD indeed…BAH HUMBUG again, I say….there is NO MORE free world.

By: OneGuy

OneGuy — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:23:15 +0000

Make one of these that will burn corn. Like corn burning stoves for heating homes. Inexpensive, reliable and renewable heat source. Must be a way to make a steam powered vehicle that would work well around the farm and on country roads.

By: ContainsCaffeine

ContainsCaffeine — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:13:45 +0000

Keep in mind that steam powered cars like this still use petroleum fuel, they just have engines that use steam to turn. This is not a competitor for environmentally friendly cars. I don’t think the point was to build a prototype that would be used in the real world. The point is to experiment with technology and try to break a record. Engineers love to break records ;)

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:53:44 +0000

I gotta say, this seems pointless.

By: Anibal

Anibal — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:22:45 +0000

Let me take alittle tine to talk about the car the came out this year.
Its call and eletric car.It can take any where at regouler car can take.
And sheck this out you just need to power up about a full hours and you are-
ready to hit the roed.And the way it looks better then the cars you see out-
in thy street very day.

By: Anibal

Anibal — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:41:16 +0000

I read the acticle let me tell you ive have not seen no thing like it before
Do know that it looks like thy space shuttle specally the way the motor runs
Look at the somke at the back of it so powerful.And of cousted thy speed of-
it whan it runs look its over 100mh listen that very fast.
Some thing like this well take you across the thesouted in fact in about a -
hour probilie even faster thing that and thy collor is not easy to spot at -all in the night time. Because of thy dark green with it blance in with the-
buchies and trees .

By: John

John — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:49:08 +0000

That sure was a lot of fuss to add 10% (13 mph) to the record.

Actually this makes the original car a much more spectacular achievement in the early 1900s time frame.

By: b16

b16 — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:37:56 +0000

This is a awesome achievement. It is great to hear that a team is working on another type of car power rather then what is being talked about in the media.

Keep up the Steam Work Team!