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Ask: Post-apocalyptic cars that run on crude oil?

Submitted by AnnotatedSnark
AnnotatedSnark writes "Ask /.

Are people putting any effort into designing cars that run on crude oil, to better prepare for an adorable post-apocalyptic Mad Max-like scenarios where it might be easier to procure than refined oil or reliable amounts of electricity?

I wonder."

Fukushima radioactive fallout nears Chernobyl leve->

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "Japan's damaged nuclear plant in Fukushima has been emitting radioactive iodine and caesium at levels approaching those seen in the aftermath of the Chernobyl accident in 1986. Austrian researchers have used a worldwide network of radiation detectors – designed to spot clandestine nuclear bomb tests – to show that iodine-131 is being released at daily levels 73 per cent of those seen after the 1986 disaster. The daily amount of caesium-137 released from Fukushima Daiichi is around 60 per cent of the amount released from Chernobyl. In the 10 days it burned, Chernobyl put out 1.76 × 10^18 becquerels of iodine-131, which amounts to only 50 per cent more per day than has been calculated for Fukushima Daiichi. It is not yet clear how long emissions from the Japanese plant will continue.

Similarly, says Wotawa, caesium-137 emissions are on the same order of magnitude as at Chernobyl. The Sacramento readings suggest it has emitted 5 × 10^15 becquerels of caesium-137 per day; Chernobyl put out 8.5 × 10^16 in total – around 70 per cent more per day."
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