Down with coal (and diesel), up with sail and global warming, was Re: Two-stroke Diesel
- From: Andre Jute <fiultra1@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:09:09 -0700 (PDT)
On Jul 11, 12:10 am, jobst.bra...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Andre Jute wrote:
In the event that the BIG engine was missed by some, here it is
again:
http://www.vincelewis.net/bigengine.html
... and of course the odd FM dual crankshaft engine that migrated
from ships to RR locomotives:
http://www.fairbanksmorse.com/img/public/engines/op_cutaway_large.jpg
Gee, Jobst, you could be more sensitive. There are some of us
reformed petrolheads suffering withdrawal symptoms -- and you offer
a mountainous engine! How socially responsible is that, then?
I suppose you would rather see steamships ply the oceans with plumes
of black smoke from their stacks as in the days before giant marine
Diesels.
Bloody hell, Jobst, are you never off-duty? Can't you just once see
the perspective of a single man rather than trying to speak for
Humankind? I made a joke as an individual semi-retired automobile
lover -- and you immediately start saving the planet.
The Diesel engine has found its home in RR locos, heavy-haul
vehicles, maritime propulsion, and medium sized electric power plants.
I hope to see the Diesel vanish from smaller smoky common use private
vehicles with their (nagelnde und klingelnde Rußwolken) as is aptly
said German.
Destined to be a forlorn hope now that the diesel has serious sporting
achievements. Scope the results at Le Mans in recent years.
Jobst Brandt
Anyway, since you want to be serious, diesel isn't the answer, sail
is. Once we manage to reinstate the beneficial rate of global warming
that we had going until 1998, all that extra hot air will cause a
swirl of wind around the globe, and huge sailing ships can once more
ply the oceans. The price would be that a few low-lying cities will
disappear but, as the Marine Corps of Engineers pointed out after
Katrina trashed New Orleans, if you're dumb enough to build a city
below sea level on a known stormy coast, you got it it coming
sometime.
Sailing ships are not only good for the environment, they
aesthetically pretty, and we can impress shiftless teenagers into the
crews and teach them a trade with the assistance of the
cat'o'nine'tails in international waters beyond the reach of the
bleeding hearts in Congress. Keep them out of the NRA and other
subversive organizations like the Boy Scouts.
I think of President Obama wants to leave a mark on history for more
than his good intentions (which is about what John F Kennedy left,
some fine speeches written for him by others and all that wasted money
going to the moon because that was "the one thing we can win" -- how
childish), he will immediate start planning to put the entire Sahara
under solar panels (we can dispose of the warring tribes who live
there -- nobody will miss those barbarians, and the environmentalists
are killing them slowly anyway by disease and startvation). That will
provide energy for the entire world, the building of the generation
and distribution infrastructure will kickstart the world economy, and
we can pump the surplus into the oceans to warm the planet when these
cold snaps bite, and of course enough to blow up the winds to move the
sailing ships. See, it is a fully thought-out, beautifully dovetailed,
integrated plan to save Humanity, worthy of your instant enthusiastic
support.
Andre Jute
Did I tell you yet that I once sat in the good Dr Swift's chair to
give a lecture on cannibalism?
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