westernman
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Who said you need big batteries.
You just need a long enough extension cord to hook up to shore power.
You just need a long enough extension cord to hook up to shore power.
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Boathook
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Talks about loosening all the wires for big ships to pass. I'm surprised that the have to do that.
I wonder whether the ferry at Poole could be converted to electric but it would possibly have to wait on the side where the power comes from for the big ships to pass.
I wonder whether the ferry at Poole could be converted to electric but it would possibly have to wait on the side where the power comes from for the big ships to pass.
Stemar
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Isn't one of the issues with the Cowes would-be ferry that it's too heavy? Maybe a solution there.
Until some racing yottie with a deep torpedo keel gets too close and hooks the cable...
Until some racing yottie with a deep torpedo keel gets too close and hooks the cable...
johnalison
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I don’t see it working for an Atlantic crossing. Maybe it will be possibly to relay power from satellites by microwave to ships when they have covered the Moon with solar panels.
SailingDog
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Until then they could may be utilise electric eels, they must get charged somewhere.
AngusMcDoon
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You'd need a cable only half the width of the Atlantic because when you got half way you could plug it into the other side.
Hang on, that wouldn't work. The sockets are different over there so you'd need two cables anyway.
mjcoon
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You can get all sorts of handy adaptors between different socket systems. Not sure about how "when you got half way you could plug it into the other side" works, though. If Neptune runs a handy service station it might get a bit crowded. You would have to watch out for the different voltages though. Do they use metric voltages?
