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Off topic, but would a practical plan be to build a solar powered ship, with a large, miles-long towed solar panel array?
by russfink 6y ago
Off topic, but would a practical plan be to build a solar powered ship, with a large, miles-long towed solar panel array?
- jacquesm 6y agoYou'd have to overcome the drag of that array. At a rough estimate at 1 KW / square meter for half the day it wouldn't be worth it unless you added a way for it to be pulled in at night (which is going to be pretty hard to do with solar panels which are quite fragile). On top of that, the ocean is about as hostile an environment as you could wish for and it wouldn't work anywhere near busy shipping lanes. Creative idea though, I haven't seen it before.