From: jeroen@nospam.please   
      
   On 2/11/26 18:38, john larkin wrote:   
   > On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:30:39 -0800, Buzz McCool   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2/11/2026 7:56 AM, john larkin wrote:   
   >>> Ships are most all diesels now. Steam plants are efficient but complex   
   >>> and it's hard to get crews who can run them.   
   >>   
   >> I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Steamships burn Bunker-c, which is about the cheapest hydrocarbon   
   > available. It's stiff tar at room temperature. Nasty, stinky stuff.   
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   > John Larkin   
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   I remember we had this stuff regularly washing ashore on the   
   Dutch beaches. It's better now, fortunately, even though it   
   still happens now and again. It's vile indeed.   
      
   Jeroen Belleman   
      
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