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Re: Fate of 85/86 class



not exactly true, I saw a technical paper proposing conversion of a diesel loco
into a stirling powered one. (hot air engine running on powderised coal).

Chris

Dion Williams wrote:

> Don Allitt wrote:
>
> > And how do you think ELECTRICITY is made ???Do you think it is just waiting
> > in the cables for someone to use it.Look around you.
>
> We're a lot less dependent on imported coal than we are on imported
> petroleum. And there are many ways to generate electricity. A combustion
> engine can't run on anything but oil-based fuel.
>
> Dion