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Old 05-25-2015, 08:47 PM   #11
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Electric cars too, lead-acid batteries and wind generators are 19th century tech.
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Old 05-25-2015, 09:21 PM   #12
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Diesel is a winner here, one can coax all sorts of "fuel" through a diesel.

Wood gas is another tolerant system. Wood, coal, if you can burn it it will run.
And of course, you can super and turbo charge Diesel, so that you have a big noisy nose on the front and shoot fire out of outrageously huge tailpipes. Plus, spitting MW50 (Methonal/Water 50/50) into your supercharger intake actually does make you go faster, if you are crazy enough to hang on to the hood to do it...

None of these things are true for an electric car, so I vote them off the island :)

Granted, you can do all the above to Petrol too, but as Diesel IS easier to make from plants, distill from whatever oil rigs still work, etc, it makes some sense. And you CAN burn petrol in a diesel. It wont be chrome or shiny (you'll go super slow...), but you could do it.
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Old 05-25-2015, 10:42 PM   #13
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A Tesla Roadster does 0-60 in 3.7 seconds, and the quarter mile in 12.6 seconds. Electrics can be hot.

And, as Weeds fans know: "They're real quiet. Good for sneaking up on &#@^!%(^*+$."
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Old 05-26-2015, 12:55 AM   #14
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Mad Max defending a solar farm powering electric cars would give quite a different feel. ;)
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Old 05-26-2015, 01:02 AM   #15
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And part of the point about cars in Mad Max is that they're loud and awesome. Also, don't electric cars have a lot of fragile electronics?
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Old 05-26-2015, 01:06 AM   #16
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And part of the point about cars in Mad Max is that they're loud and awesome. Also, don't electric cars have a lot of fragile electronics?
I don't think those are required for basic operation. They're just added as, right now, they're niche items, and those tend to get all the bells and whistles.
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Old 05-26-2015, 09:03 AM   #17
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Electric trains have service lives in excess of 50 years with minimal maintenance, fragile they are not. And they do date to the 19th century, nothing electronic required. They don't need traction control or regenerative braking.

The electric problems are short range and lengthy recharge. Both go away if you operate with in range of a base.
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Old 05-26-2015, 09:06 AM   #18
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And part of the point about cars in Mad Max is that they're loud and awesome.
Imma going to repost this bit, cause it is relevant.

I can not _believe_ a thread on playing Mad Max in GURPS is degenerating into a defense of electric cars... This isnt about _generic_ apocalypse. This is a specific setting.

If it doesnt shoot fire and roar like a lion, it dont belong!
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Old 05-26-2015, 10:44 AM   #19
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If it doesnt shoot fire and roar like a lion, it dont belong!
I mostly agree, but I think a modern-satire electric car subculture with war-Smartcars tricked-out with high suspensions and fat tires for the desert who act like ninjas because they're so quiet would be pretty funny.
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Old 05-26-2015, 11:16 AM   #20
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Mad Max has always had environmentalism as a theme. The "good guys" are always the ones looking for a green place and using alternative technologies. Max always recognizes that he is one of the "bad guys".
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