Happy 151st Birthday Dr. Diesel!

Happy Birthday!

Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel was born on this day in 1858. He published “Theorie und Construktion eines rationellen Wärmemotors zum Ersatz der Dampfmaschine und der heute bekannten Verbrennungsmotoren” in 1887. Thank you Herr Diesel, for all of your work. Because of you, I (and many others) have the option of transportation without strict dependance on petroleum as our only source of fuel.

To celebrate, I’d buy one of these, if it were available. C’mon VW, ship it!