Steam Shovel in Action
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I think I might get me one of these beauties.
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@AmoralEngineer Maybe they were disappointed at how short the video was.
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The people who disliked this video should be whacked in the head by this steam shovel......
8 months ago 4
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We better relearn how to make coal-fired steam-powered stuff. The amount of surplus energy required to build and fuel them is vastly lower than any modern diesel machine.
Coal requires very little processing to make it usable. The engine and boiler requires far less refinement to manufacture. There is far less energy locked up in a steamer than a modern diesel machine before it gets put to work. It won't be long before we'll be in a fast reverse to the 19th century way of doing things.
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@Hetman1974 Solar power has extremely low power density. You'd have to collect solar power for days into giant lead-acid batteries, IF we're able to make them! Then run thick extension cords from the fixed batteries to the electric-powered excavator. None of that can be done without surplus energy
A world that is desperately trying to economically extract the last bits of ore will be very lucky to function like we did in the early 19th century. Only the top 0.1% will be living high and fat.
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and built them railroads!
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it took a lot of skill to operate one of them, big levers and ropes.
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That has to be the most awesome site I have seen, Now I can see the past and look forward 200 years where we have used all the oil and coal, and desperately trying to come up with a solar powered shovel, to extract theat last bit of ore.
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InfiniteMushroom 2 years ago 26
The book was,Mike Mullagan and his steam shovel.
poplock1963 2 years ago 21