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		graycat on June 14, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We Could Have Had Electric Cars from the Beginning Yup, the nuke ships are what I was thinking about -- wasn't sure if there were any other examples of pushing steam through a turbine.

nradov on June 14, 2019 [–]

There used to be many large ships driven by oil-fired steam turbines but those have gradually disappeared over the past few decades. Compared to diesel engines, steam turbines are less efficient and require more maintenance.

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