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Re:Dutch brewery burns iron as a clean, recyclable fuel by ClumsyPilot on Thursday November 05, 2020 @09:35AM (#24998583)
I this is is largely on point - this should work for larger ships that have steam turbines. Also, said turbines have better efficiency than an ICE engine.
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Re:Dutch brewery burns iron as a clean, recyclable fuel by xyzzyz on Thursday November 05, 2020 @07:59PM (#25003816)
They don't, actually. Steam turbines are less, not more efficient than marine diesel engines. In modern marine propulsion, turbines are used pretty much only on gas and coal carriers.
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