electric catamaran boat to set world record

**CUDA** · 10-26-2022, 05:54 PM

https://youtu.be/kvldC99-2oQ

https://electrek.co/2022/10/26/cande...electric-boat/

**David - WI** · 10-26-2022, 06:18 PM

Man, that Candela would really be a nice boat with a gasoline engine... 80% more efficient would mean awesome mileage and low emissions. You could go twice as far, twice as fast... for half the money!

**wettek** · 10-26-2022, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by XstreamVking

Hydrogen is the real green alternative. It’s only the most abundant material on earth....And no pollution at all compared to batteries. And most importantly we don’t need China to produce it.

Just produces ****loads of pollution to make it, due to the energy required (which has to be produced somehow), unless it's green hydrogen, which is not commercially viable (yet) for mass production. At the moment, the majority of hydrogen is reformed from fossil fuel bases, so if you want to get rid of fossil fuels, you are kinda stuck, unless you produce it by electrolysis, which uses lots of electricity.

**David - WI** · 10-26-2022, 07:26 PM

Yes, it's not really a "fuel"... it's more like a battery to store energy from other less portable sources... like a nuke.

**kelvin523** · 10-27-2022, 05:51 PM

"The energy in oil initially comes from the Sun, and is energy from sunlight that is trapped in chemical form by dead plankton."

**CUDA** · 10-27-2022, 06:07 PM

Yeah 252 to 66 million years ago

**engineermike** · 10-27-2022, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by kelvin523

"The energy in oil initially comes from the Sun, and is energy from sunlight that is trapped in chemical form by dead plankton."

Technically gasoline is biofuel…

**CUDA** · 10-28-2022, 04:38 AM

Originally Posted by engineermike

Technically gasoline is biofuel…

Yeah so is coal just add 100 million years of development

Have you ever considered a political career?

**XstreamVking** · 10-28-2022, 06:55 AM

With the rate of power consumption going up like a rocket we will have to use ANY means available to us. Only difference will be is how destructive it is to the planet to obtain and use. Hydrogen is the best alternative for much of our needs as far as I can see.

**dagodiver** · 10-28-2022, 11:49 AM

and todays project includes installing 4 of these.
480vdc 445amp.
I just finished a 2 Meg setup. Fun.!
Dago.

**PanRonnie** · 10-29-2022, 03:43 AM

Halfway there!

**David - WI** · 10-29-2022, 09:55 AM

Here's the thing about Joe Biben's price hike...

The U.S. holds more oil reserves than anyone else in the world, including Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Venezuela.

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-G...-Reserves.html

The little stickers on the gas pumps that say, "I did this!" are true!