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Gold/Mining/Energy : PEAK OIL - The New Y2K or The Beginning of the Real End? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mahatmabenfoo who wrote (372)	4/18/2005 8:02:51 PM
From: Mahatmabenfoo	Respond to of 1183

End of the world game (4) STEAM CARS ! Steam cars were great! Very very fast. Mechanically simple -- no need for a transmission. And they run on absolutely anything -- anything that can boil water. Their main problems were - never mass produced on the scale of Model T - quick start steam only introduced toward the end of the 1920s (in the days before the gasoline car self-starter, hand cranking was dangerous, and waiting for steam to build up was preferable) - needed water frequently, which was easier early on where there were many horses (and horse troughs for steam drives to siphon) Having a car that will run on anything will be very appealing in the post-oil age. - tilyou1@yahoo.com