“A Hobbit Looks at 111”
“Why Don’t We Get Drunk (and Eat Some More)”
“He Went to Mordor”
“Trying to Reason with Nazgul Season”
“Rivendell Saturday Night”
“A White Mailcoat and a Pink Crustacean”
Now we just need four Oxford students to record a song called “Columbia Comma” under the name Reverse Vampire Weekday.
I got that reference!
There must be zillions more of these. Kyūshū, say.
Manhattan?
Key West et al.
Not clear what the rules are. I’d suggest that it has to be close to the southernmost latitude of the mainland, that the connection point has to be small compared to the area of the region, the connection should be in the upper half of the region (and ideally close to the northernmost point), and that should the connection “fail”, it would “fall” to the south cleanly.
Manhattan would get stuck in the Upper Bay, plus the Harlem River is too long. Key West isn’t too bad, though being on the end of the long chain, maybe it shouldn’t count either.
Kodiak?
Bioko?
Cuba (AKA Florida’s Sicily)?
Very few. One problem that is occuring in the UK is that heritage steam railways can’t find enough coal to burn in their locomotives; they are looking around for alternatives, such as wood pellets.
They should try Newcastle. I hear some people carry coal there.
Although it might be pricey, one alternative would be burning lumps of pure graphite. Available on an industrial scale and cleaner even than anthracite or coke.
That is a possibility, but technically speaking, the mineral graphite counts as a fossil fuel if you burn it. Wood can be relatively green if produced and sourced correctly.
I used to drive an old steam locomotive that had been converted to natural gas. It was narrow gauge; I don’t know for sure if NG could get you a hot enough flame to run a full-sized engine. But I’d guess there are alternatives along those lines.
And can be converted to charcoal if needed.