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About your edit: If you mostly sail, you cut the energy requirements from the engines by 90%, according to the article. Suddenly alternative power sources, like
by _ph_ 6y ago
About your edit: If you mostly sail, you cut the energy requirements from the engines by 90%, according to the article. Suddenly alternative power sources, like the car batteries, become literally 10 times more feasible :). Add to the batteries any internal batteries the ship might carry and solar on the wings, and you can reduce the need for other fuels further, even if you are not able to replace them alltogether.
- tpmx 6y agoThe batteries could be used to make it use 0% oil - use the batteries in the ports and in emergencies. Is going from 90% to 100% reduction worth the hassle? Probably not. I was first hoping the batteries could be used to reduce the extra crossing time (12 days vs 7 days for oil) significantly, but I'm guessing it would only reduce it by 0.5-1 day or so.