Quote:
Originally Posted by raketenjagdpanzer
I'm not going to say I'd allow such a thing in T2k but Lord knows it's a super cool idea.
I mean you still (no pun intended) have to make the stuff and get it to aircraft. Aircraft engines require other lubricants that you can't make out of CHOOH, etc.
But again it's very neat.
|
True, but IIRC, according to both the v1 and v2/2.2 timelines, there's a trickle of petroleum still coming out and being refined. I don't remember the exact quote, or which book its in, but it says something to the effect of 'theres need for lubricants is great enough that no one can afford to actually BURN any of the oil being pumped and refined'.
To me this seems like saying that there is
some supply of new-production, petroleum-based lubricants to be had. Expensive and hard to find, yes, without a doubt, but they're there.
One thing I've wondered about for years, both in terms of T2k and IRL, is why is it that the Germans were making synthetic oil for the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe toward the tail end of WWII (admittedly, not in anything even close to the quantity needed, but still....), but after the war (WWII) no one seemed to ever want to do so again? In game, just making a couple barrels of motor oil, grease, etc., every week would make someone very, very rich. By T2k standards, anyway.
Maybe there's an adventure idea....some German chemist has been making synthetic crude oil/diesel/motor oil, what-have-you, and selling small quantities to support himself and further his research into improving the process. But now the word is out, and everyone wants him to come work for them. And some of the 'prospective employers' don't intend to ask nicely or offer a generous compensation package...