The amazing mesquitemobile

Gasoline and diesel costs are making me lament the demise of steam engines. Over a hundred years ago, steam took our ancestors all over the map, both by water and by rail. Eventually, someone — namely, the Stanley Brothers — designed a car that ran on steam. Jay Leno has a Stanley Steamer. It’s time for a steam automobile comeback. Heat that boiler with mesquite. My idea. Bad idea. Stanley…