I wonder if there were political reasons for switching to diesel and gas? Maybe oil companies were supporters of whoever was in charge? It must have been awesome to be able to try out new technologies all the time between new engines and new computers.
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Why would the oil companies care? The steam-turbine engine were already using oil products to produce the steam, and not coal.
My mistake. I thought steam engines were coal based.