Here’s another, more recent one: The thorium-turbine powered car.thorium CaddyHeat energy from the thorium – a weakly radioactive element named after the Norse god Thor that is estimated to be 3-4 times more naturally abundant than uranium and which contains 20 million times the energy as an equivalent lump of coal – is used to generate steam, which is then used to power a small turbine, which provides the motive force. The beauty of the system is that – like a nuclear submarine – the fuel lasts almost forever. Well, longer than you will last, probably.How’s 100 years sound?