British start-up attempts to bring steam power back to shipping

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Thanks to Splash247 for the best headline of the week so far. The Loadstar and many of our peers have written plenty of stories about cycles of international shipping, such as nascent, and not entirely unsuccessful, efforts the bring about the return of windpower, but no one ever postulated ditching the oil for coal, possibly the dirtiest of carbon fuels, which was the fuel for 19th century steam power. However, UK engineering firm Steamology, which has developed technology that generates ...