Funny Political Picture Thread Part VII **** Diapers and Purple Pancakes

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[MRockwell]

 

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[smokingman]

Ships, locomotives, and trucks all run on Diesel fuel - which makes Brandon the cube of the moron he started out to be.

Most large ships use bunker fuel. Yes it is close to diesel,but it is not diesel. Diesel is much cleaner burning.

 

[Mikey1911]

Most large ships use bunker fuel. Yes it is close to diesel,but it is not diesel. Diesel is much cleaner burning.

I think that straight boiler/steam turbine ships burning bunker fuel are getting difficult to find. A lot of ships are using slow-speed diesel or gas turbine propulsion, which won't run well on bunker-type fuels but will run on diesel fuel. Then there are the LNG tankers, which run on gas that is boiling off from their cargo tanks.

It's true that Union Pacific tried to use then-cheap bunker fuel to run its 4500/8500 horsepower gas turbine/electric locomotives (GTELs) in the 1950s and 1960s, but they had trouble keeping the fuel liquid in the tenders and found that the locomotives were uneconomical to run once the refineries found ways to crack bunker fuels into more profitable products.

The US Navy modified the Iowa-class battleships to run on Diesel Fuel Marine (DFM) during their last time in commission, replacing the bunker-type Navy Special Fuel Oil (NSFO). As you say, DFM burns much cleaner, and its use in place of NSFO simplified logistics for the Navy.

 

[nonobaddog]

Most large ships use bunker fuel. Yes it is close to diesel,but it is not diesel. Diesel is much cleaner burning.

It is basically No 6 fuel oil.

 

[NHT3]

Brandon prepping for his next bike ride.

 

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[Mikey1911]

Brandon prepping for his next bike ride.

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--Peter Gabriel, "Steam"

 

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