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RE: The Story of My Life so Far - Part 57 - Trials at Sea of the Propulsion of the Corvette Georges Leygues

in #story7 years ago

I wonder if there were political reasons for switching to diesel and gas? Maybe oil companies were supporters of whoever was in charge?

Why would the oil companies care? The steam-turbine engine were already using oil products to produce the steam, and not coal.

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My mistake. I thought steam engines were coal based.