Agreed! Esp. if that someone else is the pilot familiar w the area. $$$ to someone...Much cheaper to have two guys in the wheelhouse that do their jobs conscientiously .
Agreed! Esp. if that someone else is the pilot familiar w the area. $$$ to someone...Much cheaper to have two guys in the wheelhouse that do their jobs conscientiously .
Pretty apt analogy, terrin - except a train most commonly stays on the tracks...This sounds similar to Train engineers that used to put a brick on the gas pedal while having a cat nap.
just for Sh*ts'n'giggles - I figured-out the differences in momentum: I tug @ 12 kts = 26 pick-up trucks travelling at 100km/hr; 1 barge = 1100 trucks; 1 tanker = 33,000 trucks; 1 supertanker = 65,000 trucks travelling at 100km/hr. Then there are volumes of oil/petrochemicals associated w the tankers/tugs, too...... Or, more precisely - momentum (mass x velocity) is the real difference.
So - how did the human race survive for some 200,000-2M yrs w/o petrochemicals? We will run-out some generation soon. Maybe should be more than thinking about that. There are other options... The only 100% solution is to ban internal combustion engines?
If you're trying to draw an analogy of using oil to littering, I think you missed big time. Now if your point is that the locals, like the rest of us, rely on oil and in the case of isolated communities maybe more so, you have a point.I don't know. I create garbage but don't think it's ok to throw it in the ditch. Or put it in other people's yards using the fact they create garbage too to justify it.
Easy to say when you live in a city, not so easy for those in isolated communities. How do generate electricity? How do you power your fish boat? How do you bring in supplies?So - how did the human race survive for some 200,000-2M yrs w/o petrochemicals? We will run-out some generation soon. Maybe should be more than thinking about that. There are other options.
Wow! Ziggy. Great perspective. Voting for Trump?...I guess these folks need to sit in the dark, live off the land and pick up welfare cheques until a viable energy replacement is found for them?
Wow Agent, best you could do? You insult both of our intelligence's! One more than the other. Want to guess which one?Wow! Ziggy. Great perspective. Voting for Trump?