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Re:The Titanic Was on Fire for Days Before the Iceberg Hit by rypskar on Thursday December 13, 2018 @08:14AM (#18672038)
If I remember correct from reading about this some years ago. They where low on coal and with the rate the fire did burn coal they needed to burn it in the furnace to get as much speed as possible, to get to the harbor before running out of coal.
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Re:The Titanic Was on Fire for Days Before the Iceberg Hit by expertentipp on Thursday December 13, 2018 @08:57AM (#18672312)
Sounds like an analogy to an economy and how the money in it is borrowed, created, and spent.
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