Thinking about a coal gasification bolt-on for container ships to substitute coal for fuel oil.
Coal is much less impacted by geopolitics than oil.
Coal is much less impacted by geopolitics than oil.
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@cjd
Bring back the steamers.
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Steam engines are a giant pain in the ass to operate, diesels are much easier, much smaller crew.
But if you gasify coal and send the gas into a diesel engine, that's almost as easy as running on fuel oil.
But if you gasify coal and send the gas into a diesel engine, that's almost as easy as running on fuel oil.