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as it ploughed into a massive curling wave of olive green and, despite himself, he instinctively gripped the handrail tighter. The two men recovered their equilibrium and began to approach unsteadily across the pitching deck towards him. Was their intention to help or hinder? He couldn't be sure. Decision time. Despondently, he hung his head, wishing he could have left his finances in a better state for his wife and loved ones. On paper, sure, he was a millionaire with a lavish mansion nearing completion, but his investments were not doing well.

He could do no more his accountant had warned him to prepare for the worst loan interest and bad investments had caught up with him and would make grim reading at the audit. All he had managed to salvage was several thousands which he had placed in a carpet bag and left ready for his poor wife. His head throbbed, he felt giddy and nauseous he thought of his loved ones as he took a last look around him and then at the waiting waves .

The body of Rudolph Diesel was found floating, reportedly face-down, in the English Channel on October 10th (disputed dates) 1913. There is still speculation about the manner of his death, but not long after his demise a deadly German submarine fleet appeared. How would the pacifist and economy-minded man who had used peanut oil in one of his engines have felt at the news that McDonald's are planning to run some of their vehicles on frying oil? If only he had known about cetane, but that is another story for another day!

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