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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

I wonder what it would cost to replace the boilers with gas turbines?


25 posted on 04/15/2005 4:24:08 AM PDT by Doohickey ("This is a hard and dirty war, but when it's over, nothing will ever be too difficult again.”)
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To: Doohickey

That isn't a gas turbine-sized problem. That's a nuclear reactor and steam turbine-sized problem.


36 posted on 04/15/2005 4:37:51 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Official Ruling Class Oligarch Oppressor)
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To: Doohickey

Gas turbines aren't big enough for that size ship, so you would have to clutch more than one per shaft.


65 posted on 04/15/2005 5:20:38 AM PDT by SampleMan ("Yes I am drunk, very drunk. But you madam are ugly, and tomorrow morning I shall be sober." WSC)
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