>>1029002>True, but not in contextWood is wood, obviously soaked shit wouldn't work but beyond that it doesn't matter at all.
>It puts out just as much CO2It puts out CO2 that's already in the environment, not nearly as bad.
>find me a single steam engine capable of propelling a boat that sizehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_carThey've gotten pretty close in cars.
>something something it's not an established designIt's also so dead simple that doesn't matter.
>giant ass metal boilerMetal boiler of any size.
>water qualitySlap in a grate to capture big stuff, it's not like they purified the water going into 19th century steam trains.