- [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.