stackyFACTSNothing says modern eco-efficiency like an engine powered by asphalt's ugly cousin. The massive diesel engines in commercial container ships run on bunker fuel, a thick, tar-like residue left over after crude oil is refined into usable gas, which literally has to be superheated just to make it liquid enough to burn.
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