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mahatmakanejeeves

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10. Fasten your seatbelt. This has already been posted at DU.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 1, 2018, 11:18 AM

Feb 2018

Retro Review: Coal-Powered Turbine Engine Oldsmobile

LOL

Published on Jan 6, 2017
In 1982, worried about rising oil prices, GM was toying with the idea of car that ran on coal dust. This 1977 Oldsmobile Delta 88 was converted to a turbine engine that burned powered coal. Call it...the COALdsmobile???

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Breaking: Trump Administration to Ban High-Efficiency Residential Gas Furnaces [View all] MineralMan Feb 2018 OP

When satire doesnt feel like satire anymore BannonsLiver Feb 2018 #1

Right. salin Feb 2018 #18

Well, it's about time. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2018 #2

Indeed. Wealthy households can hire someone to stoke the furnace, too, MineralMan Feb 2018 #3

I'm glad someone is thinking about poor people. Urchins will be free to roam the railroad tracks to mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2018 #8

Yes, indeed. Trump always has the little guy in mind. MineralMan Feb 2018 #9

Boys! We're gonna be rich! RICH! I tell ya! underpants Feb 2018 #16

Lol next hell ban internal combustion engines unblock Feb 2018 #4

Steam-powered, coal-burning cars are the new wave. MineralMan Feb 2018 #5

beat me to it DBoon Feb 2018 #7

Fasten your seatbelt. This has already been posted at DU. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2018 #10

Damn. Late with breaking news again! MineralMan Feb 2018 #13

I would LOVE to see a blueprint of that engine. (No, seriously.) DetlefK Feb 2018 #15

People thought about a pulverized coal turbine locomotive, but they just couldn't around mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2018 #21

They've been secretly testing them for a while now... Wounded Bear Feb 2018 #12

Rollin' Coal! MineralMan Feb 2018 #20

Oh yeah... "Rolling Coal" to piss off them Libruls. DetlefK Feb 2018 #24

Next: Auto manufacturers mandated to create coal fueld automobiles DBoon Feb 2018 #6

Take a look at reply #10. NT mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2018 #11

Who, putting a new furnace in their house, is going to GO COAL?!?!?? underpants Feb 2018 #14

Uh, see the smilie at the bottom of the post. MineralMan Feb 2018 #17

🕺 underpants Feb 2018 #19

It took me a little while to realize that this was satire... First Speaker Feb 2018 #22

I know. I keep trying, though. MineralMan Feb 2018 #23