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An electric cruise ship with gigantic solar sails is set to launch in 2030
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| 6-7-23
| Nell Lewis
Posted on 06/07/2023 7:21:24 AM PDT by dynachrome
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"during an 11-day round trip, one liner would have to charge around seven or eight times."
LOL
To: dynachrome
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posted on
06/07/2023 7:21:37 AM PDT
by
dynachrome
(“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
To: dynachrome
Solar sail?
Cruising to Mars, maybe?
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posted on
06/07/2023 7:23:13 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: dynachrome
I guess greenies like vacations where they don’t go outside the bubble they are travelling in.
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posted on
06/07/2023 7:24:02 AM PDT
by
pepsi_junkie
("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
To: dynachrome
How big is the conventionally powered tug that will accompany it?
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posted on
06/07/2023 7:24:27 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: dynachrome
Might want to have these guys on speed dial.
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posted on
06/07/2023 7:24:58 AM PDT
by
csvset
(tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
To: dynachrome
Imagine that vessel with 4,000 people on board caught in a storm.
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posted on
06/07/2023 7:26:13 AM PDT
by
allendale
To: dynachrome
zero emission.
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posted on
06/07/2023 7:26:59 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(“You want it one way, but it's the other way”)
To: allendale
4000 green idiots? I probably won’t feel sorry for them.
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posted on
06/07/2023 7:28:07 AM PDT
by
dynachrome
(“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
To: BenLurkin
No... not there.
Fhloston Paradise!!!
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posted on
06/07/2023 7:29:16 AM PDT
by
MIA_eccl1212
(When the bad guys have leverage they use it)
To: dynachrome
Perhaps one day I’ll change my FR nickname to Deep in the Hurtigruten Cruise.
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posted on
06/07/2023 7:29:24 AM PDT
by
xp38
To: ClearCase_guy
Beautiful ship! In a previous life...
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posted on
06/07/2023 7:32:06 AM PDT
by
GingisK
To: dynachrome
A cruise ship that is guaranteed to be immobile, dead in the water, at some point? A cruise ship that utilizes technology that cannot even power a Ford Lightening out of the Sierras in winter?
Yeah, sign me up for a cruise on that one. /s
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posted on
06/07/2023 7:32:12 AM PDT
by
LouAvul
(Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.." )
To: dynachrome
From Wikipedia:
Average annual [Norwegian] hydropower generation capacity in 2019 was around 131 TWh, about 95% of total electricity production.
Of the total production in 2011 of 128 TWh; 122 TWh was from hydroelectric plants, 4795 GWh was from thermal power, and 1283 GWh was wind generated. In the same year, the total consumption was 114 TWh. Hydro production can vary 60 TWh between years, depending on amount of precipitation, and the remaining hydro potential is about 34 TWh.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_Norway
To: dynachrome
sounds like that eleven days will be 6 months stranded at sea
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posted on
06/07/2023 7:32:28 AM PDT
by
eyeamok
To: eyeamok
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posted on
06/07/2023 7:33:32 AM PDT
by
xp38
To: dynachrome
Just sit right back and we'll tell a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
Which started from this tropic port
Aboard this 'lectric ship ...
A three-hour tour ... a three-hour tour ...
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posted on
06/07/2023 7:34:11 AM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
To: dynachrome
while the passengers 4-5K of them would continue daily demand,and how about the engines/ ridiculous idea. Imagine the next lockdown pandemic trapped on a stranded solar battery bank.
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posted on
06/07/2023 7:35:18 AM PDT
by
John S Mosby
(Sic Semper Tyrannis)
To: dynachrome
The battery quality control had better be extraordinary.
Far more batteries than a Tesla means more fire risk.
Compartmentalization of the batteries might help.
To: MIA_eccl1212
Multi-pass for Lila and Corben Dallas.
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posted on
06/07/2023 7:36:42 AM PDT
by
John S Mosby
(Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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