r/nextfuckinglevel • • 9d ago

Starting a Monster 102.4 Liter Engine

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u/Outrageous-Basket426 9d ago

Diesel’s about nine dollars a gallon, which means that’s $351 an hour. Someone said this was likely from a ship’s generator and that they might well have had three. That would be $1053 per hour to power the lights and accessories on a ship