The counterfactual replaces steam propulsion across the German fleet, including destroyers, with diesel or diesel-electric machinery. Even with greater access to fuel, such a navy would compete more directly with other parts of the German economy for its supply. Fuel allocation across the economy would therefore remain a constraint on the alternative propulsion policy.
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Fuel competition in an all-diesel German fleet
An all-diesel German fleet would change destroyer design as well as the navy's competition with other fuel users.