- Prompt:
A sports car which is a hybrid of Lamborghini and Bugatti, merging steampunk and cyberpunk, professional photography, 8k --ar 4:3 - AI: Midjourney v5.2
Alternate universe where Batman flaunts his wealth
still flaunts his wealth.
A custom all-black supercar loaded with enough weapons and armor to call it a tank doesn’t exactly scream paycheck to paycheck.
I was thinking “Alternate universe in which Batman has Asperger’s.”
In an alternate universe where the laws of physics make steam traction a lot more efficient. Or possibly using a nuclear reactor to heat the boiler (which is still technically steam power).
You don’t need so big a change, there were startups making steam cars for pollution reasons until the invention of the catalytic convertor. (The steady continuous flame of a boiler generating far fewer harmful emissions than the pulsing flame of a diesel or petrol engine)
Sure they’re less efficient, but that’s compensated for somewhat by the lack of a gearbox, as well as the fact that modern steam engines are to 1911 steam engines what modern diesels are to this thing
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