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Ships move such long distances that batteries will be very expensive and will eat a large proportion of the useful load. Ammonia fuel cells, or, as stopgap, eve
by Gravityloss 4y ago
Ships move such long distances that batteries will be very expensive and will eat a large proportion of the useful load. Ammonia fuel cells, or, as stopgap, even ammonia burned in diesel engines could be a much better fit.
https://techxplore.com/news/2021-03-world-high-temperature-ammonia-powered-fuel-cell.html https://techxplore.com/news/2021-03-world-high-temperature-a...
Absence of cheap bunker oil would though maybe motivate for more efficient designs / operations. Ie slowers speeds, variable schedules and all that.