You're lucky to find supplies of good Welsh steam coal ...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-61059737
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Hydrostatic Dazza
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I obtained 3kg from a source in Australia for my own selfish use. ( I can also get some Blair Athol which I am told is good for garden steamers)ge_rik wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 8:10 amYou're lucky to find supplies of good Welsh steam coal ...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-61059737
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I am well aware of the silliness of using a greater amount of fossil fuels to import fossil fuels from an overseas source.
When one considers Australia exports 219 million tons of coal each year, whiskey Tango Foxtrot would closing one puny coal mine in Wales achieve ?
We have many massive coal trains going daily to the ports each with 8,500 tons of fossilised sunlight.
Mainstream coal needs to end but it will not and that means this rock we sit on is never going back to what it was. Too many humans upon this rock.
As a consumer of products I am complicit in this mess.
Nothing will change till the pain of not changing is recognised as being greater than the pain of change. Then it will be too late, and the argument can be made now that it is already too late to turn it all around, it is just too inconvenient for us all at this time.
The UK could get very good steaming coal from Australia if they got over the "Colonials" thought pattern and the flogging of the recent Ashes.
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I honestly don't think that the amount of fossil fuels you are likely to burn in your marvellous new creation is going to contribute an enormous amount to CO2 emissions.
Besides, a 10 minute cycle ride will more than offset its carbon footprint
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Besides, a 10 minute cycle ride will more than offset its carbon footprint
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Mr Spectre is reporting on materials for Taliesin's Slomo wagon.
'Do these fools know Whiskey tango foxtrot they are doing ?
'Do these fools know Whiskey tango foxtrot they are doing ?
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'back of wheel blanks have been machined, errr, seems satisfactory'
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Mr Spectre inspects the completed Slomo Wagon wheels.
'Machined wheels meet all tolerances. Workmanship satisfactory'
He is pleasantly surprised by this outcome.
'Machined wheels meet all tolerances. Workmanship satisfactory'
He is pleasantly surprised by this outcome.
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Progress in the Red Room
This weekend if the big wet stays away there will be test steaming of the Coalie and progress on the POR extension.
"These Numpties have fitted the sprocket incorrectly on one axle"
This weekend if the big wet stays away there will be test steaming of the Coalie and progress on the POR extension.
"These Numpties have fitted the sprocket incorrectly on one axle"
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Loving the colour scheme Dazza. 
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Looks like Slomo Wagon has plenty of inbuilt weight. Should work a treat. Can't wait for a test run video....
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