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Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?
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On Thu, 12 Dec 2024, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

> On 12/12/24 4:01 PM, rbowman wrote:
>> On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:33:06 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> 
>>> Nuclear ships were in fact tried, but the economics and regulations made
>>> them not cost effective. At the time. The rather larger number of
>>> expensive 'nuclear engineers'  required was a dominant factor.
>> 
>> Nuclear subs had advantages and war toys aren't subject to economics. A
>> friend served on a nuke. His comment on the experience was Holy Loch,
>> Scotland was the only place in the world that could make being submerged
>> for up to three months look good.
>
>  Armies have almost unlimited budgets/resources. If
>  they want nuke ships/subs they can GET 'em.
>
>  But COMMERCIAL operations - nope.
>
>  Good, large, diesel/oil engines are still the
>  solution for large commercial carriers.

Subtract taxes, and compare only the raw cost, and the economics look even 
better! On gasoline at least 50% is tax, so remove that, and we can 
happily continue for at least a generation or two. =)

>  Saw an engine on some TV show ... it had a
>  people-sized door at the base of each cylinder
>  so you could climb in there and check/fix stuff.
>  I *think* individual cylinders could be detached
>  from the crank so, in theory, you could work on
>  one while the engine kept running. That sounds
>  very unpleasant though ....
>