[Gasification] Rebuilding engines (was Re: Charcoal Gasifier No 2.)

[David G. LeVine]

I support of your position, high explosives handled by a competent 
technician are surprisingly safe, handled by a less competent 
individual, they are deadly.  I know both pyrotechnicians and 
stationary engineers, they share a great respect for the amount of 
stored energy in and destructive power of the materials with which they work.

Having a device with a huge amount of stored energy does require 
skills and handling which differs from what most would consider 
"common sense", but training and knowledge can make up for the 
deficit which common sense allows.

At 11:40 PM 7/31/2007, you wrote:
>Most Jurisdictions have very stringent laws relating to operating Steam
>Power Plants. The Operator must be a Stationary Engineer. This puts a
>real and significant extra cost into Steam Systems.
>
>This is particularly a problem witn small steam systems, but it is
>usually not a problem with larger systems.
>
>This is a good thing. People can get killed very easily when tehy do
>wrong things with steam systems.

David G. LeVine
Nashua, NH  03060