Timeshift (TV Series)

The Engine That Powers the World (2015)

Mark Evans: Presenter

Quotes 

• [Mark tries several times to start a huge petrol engine using a starting handle, but it refuses to fire] 

  Mark Evans - Presenter : [ironically]  I guess this is what you get when you try starting up a petrol engine in a documentary about the diesel.

  Museum Curator : [off-camera]  Not enough effort! More effort needed!

  Mark Evans - Presenter : [to a curator]  When did they invent the starter motor?

• [talking about a massive cargo ship powered by an 18000 litre, 75000 horsepower diesel engine] 

  Mark Evans - Presenter : These vessels are so large they look as if they'd be painfully slow. But not true. Today, the largest diesel-powered cargo ships rock along at a staggering 50 km/hour, and that's with the greatest fuel efficiency of any engine in the world. 50 km/hour is fast enough to water-ski behind!

• Mark Evans - Presenter : The incredible power and efficiency of diesel-powered ships means that it's cheaper to ship something from Shanghai to Felixstowe than it is to deliver it from your local shop to your house.