I don't know if it's a matter of pride, or arrogance to overlook the major contribution steam has made to the industrial revolution. This nation certainly has a proven reliable source of cheap energy to fall back on.
Not until steam is reintroduced as a method of helping to jump start this ailing economy how can it be said that any serious effort was made to save this nation and the economy?
An steam powered automobile in this day could possibly sell as well as the ford model T. With the Government ownership of General motors how can we ignore the possibilities? It's very possible some American engineer has already developed a modern steam engine that is ready for mass production.
For ships; steam is the best, cheapest, and most logical method of being powered. These vessels are floating on their fuel source. It is those greedy and beastly bankers those aim it is to create debt that introduced the diesel engine.
Truckers would love the savings that would be possible from steam engines. America might have one last change, and if steam power is ignored say good bye to anything that made this young nation great.
At the risk that this is NOT a joke thread...
As a rail buff, I've often wondered what could be done in a steam locomotive using modern technology and materials. Maybe nuclear to provide heat for steam.
But...
Steam is inefficient. The Second Law of Thermodynamics, entropy is it's major issue. You lose power through heat, friction, resistance and at so many points along the line, you will never equal the efficiency that is currently capable through basic electrical power and internal combustion.
Also, you need to look seriously at all the problems with steam generation for power as well. Transmission of power is severely limited by the basic fact of condensation. You have pressure issues, corrosion issues, foaming issues, bad water issues, bulky fuel (wood and coal are heavy and take up lots of space). Then you have the pollution issue. Not globullshit warming... pollution. As picturesque as it is to watch an elegant J class streamliner charge over mountains at full power, the amount of crap it throws into the air is incredible. A major step backwards in even what I'd call basic air quality right there.
The Railroads abandoned steam because the infrastructure, and complexity of generating high power with little space essentially is too cost prohibitive. The machines are complex and are subject to destructive influence at so many points throughout it's operation, it's just not worth going back to it.
Sure with ships and power plants you can get away with triple and quadruple expansion, but a turbine is much more efficient, but is still extremely power hungry.
We are much better serve sticking with the best technology available instead of going 'Amish' with our basic fundamentals of society in energy generation and infrastructure support.
Steamboy is great fiction, but lousy reality.
Most Americans have arrived at the understanding that by way of deception is how you anti-American cult members function. Realizing that the truth is the first casualty of war its clear that the big liars are the true enemies of America. From the main steam media to those posting all the lies and deceit on message boards it has become clear who the enemies really are.
The first lie you told in your opening comments is that you are a Rail buff. You go on to lie about every aspect of the steam engine, As a matter of fact everything you stated about the steam engine is the opposite of the truth.
The steam engine is the oldest and most efficient method of generating power, and is comparable to a dynamo when a portion of energy generated by this simple and remarkable engine is used to provide heat in helping to convert water into steam.
You throw in all kinds of senseless misleading Bull Shi# attempting to convince only the most gullible that your words contain any trace of merit. The steam engine was very durable, with large parts that hardly ever wore out. The greedy enemies of America even in the early days of the print media used terrorism to generate fear by saying that steam driven locomotives had the tendency to explode.
These Americans enemies who were bankers, businessmen, and politicians who surly saw to it that some steam engines exploded, and people were killed to lure us away from this most efficient, cost effective, and simple technology. The irony is that all along the greedy enemies of true American progress knew that another invention called the pressure relief valve would prevent any likelihood of explosions had be developed.
Of course the acts of terrorism carried out these same enemies of America were responsible for the sinking of the Titanic and the halt of steam powered ocean liners, ships, and boats to this very day. These are the true terrorist and every act of terrorism is to limit freedom, cause debt, and to enslave the masses of people. Steam was not abandoned it was terrorism that caused the destruction of economic freedom steam powered energy would deliver.
Terrorism changes the course of history, Oklahoma city, 9-11 and many other acts of terrorism here and abroad are done based on beastly satanic greed and blamed on those that oppose them! There is no need for any confusion.
The murder of president Garfield, Lincoln, and the terrorist media intensified murdered of president Kennedy were all by these same international bankers, businessmen now called corporations and politicians who secretly oppose the true ideals of America. Secret societies for the most part were created to serve this evil and wicked purpose.
Reliance on oil is not the best technology available, and if steam were now available these same enemies of America would not be looting the American treasury, killing American solders, and other peoples based thievery of other nations oil and natural resources.
How in the hell can you talk about air quality when we are at war with these same enemies who are spraying Biotoxins in the air such as these LINK:
STRANGE DAYS STRANGE SKIES
We are at war with these enemies of America and the world, and those who are bribed by these animals and bailing out their usury apparatus is incredibly dumb, and doing it with no preconditions is the height of Stupidity.
Anyone amazed by what secret societies are all about? They will no doubt pay an enormous price in lowest hell. Why should we follow them there?
All that is required is that one does what is right. In the war of Good and evil ones actions determine their fate.
Say what you want about the Amish, I'm not talking about going back to horse and buggy. At least Amish Americans are true to themselves, have morals, and are not in debt.
One really has to wonder about the notion of what is considered "progress", or are we really speaking of self destruction.
inches bridge of nose in pain::: mmmkay. Can you name names with legitimate proof? Or is this all the damn trilateral commission/gnomes of zurich/evil jooos/BOOOOOOSH! bullshit? Lots of accusations, but no proof here.
