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Racer · 06-13-2021, 04:38 AM

Very true on Gas Engine option . We go by Gas Engines still being very rare outside Free Oil States , Australia , parts of South America , Africa & Russia/former or current (2nd) Soviet Union .

Good rule of thumb : Under one-in-fifty in most areas - in oil rich areas , around
one-in-twenty or better .

Highly doubt a 'backwoods ambush bandit' would have ready access to regular Gasoline supply to make a Gas Engine viable .

In an article posted online in around 2008-10 , there was a diagram for Autoduel Farm Settlement circa 2040 .
Plan view showed Solar Panels , two Wind Turbines & further off a Water Turbine-Heat Engine in a small creek .

Text stated that some locations could used distilled wood alcohol or methane products from human/animal/algae waste etc , for liquid fuel . Again this was stated as being far from usual with advanced battery storage being a better resource in most cases .
I'll try & find article later - have printed hardcopy somewhere , but before I had smartphone & don't think I have web address saved on my old email storage . I'll try a search later .

Majority of our games are solely based on Electric Power Plants to fit the general setting .

06-13-2021, 04:38 AM	#10
Racer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London, UK	Re: Rev Trike Costs : Rules & Ambiguous Wording etc . Very true on Gas Engine option . We go by Gas Engines still being very rare outside Free Oil States , Australia , parts of South America , Africa & Russia/former or current (2nd) Soviet Union . Good rule of thumb : Under one-in-fifty in most areas - in oil rich areas , around one-in-twenty or better . Highly doubt a 'backwoods ambush bandit' would have ready access to regular Gasoline supply to make a Gas Engine viable . In an article posted online in around 2008-10 , there was a diagram for Autoduel Farm Settlement circa 2040 . Plan view showed Solar Panels , two Wind Turbines & further off a Water Turbine-Heat Engine in a small creek . Text stated that some locations could used distilled wood alcohol or methane products from human/animal/algae waste etc , for liquid fuel . Again this was stated as being far from usual with advanced battery storage being a better resource in most cases . I'll try & find article later - have printed hardcopy somewhere , but before I had smartphone & don't think I have web address saved on my old email storage . I'll try a search later . Majority of our games are solely based on Electric Power Plants to fit the general setting . __________________ Five Gauss Guns on a Camper !!! The Resident Brit . Last edited by Racer; 06-13-2021 at 04:41 AM.