You're right....steam locos weren't that efficient....too much heat and lost water belching from those stacks but modern technology could do a lot to bring that waste down to a more acceptable minimum, First though, you've got to suppress the oil lobby from influencing and suppressing the research programs in steam power like they did when they started pushing diesel locos back in the 30's and 40's. Big oil used their power and influence to stifle all kinds of reseach involved in making other forms of making power more efficient...while petroleum product engines continue to this day to emit heat laden gases from their exhausts making them quite inefficient too. What's wrong with that picture?????? Lost heat is inefficiency....no doubt about it no matter how big...or small the exhaust pipe is. Look at those big twin 5 inch chrome stacks on a 600 horse Peterbilt pulling 100,000 lbs.+ around....that's heat rippling out of those pipes folks....4 dollars plus a gallon blowing out....warming things up.....hmmmmmmm
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