Hydrogen powered, 50 knots

[Keen_Ed]

Team New Zealand's new chase boat: foiling, hydrogen fuel cell powered. 50 knot capable. An interesting concept?

 

[Bigplumbs]

Hydrogen is the way to go. Solar panels Creating the electricity which gets the hydrogen from the water and off you go all sustainable

 

[harvey38]

Any environment that has people wandering around with laptops monitoring everything causes concern with me.

I'll stick with the Jurassic age of Ford Sabre donkeys, sure I'll die out like the dinosaurs but whilst there are parts and fuel available, I'll be able to keep them going.

 

[Assassin]

Hydrogen is dirtier then diesel but the uneducated sheeple would rather believe the B/S they are fed instead of doing the most basic research.

Who makes all the money from this would be my first question, my last question, and my middle question.

 

[Assassin]

Any environment that has people wandering around with laptops monitoring everything causes concern with me.

I'll stick with the Jurassic age of Ford Sabre donkeys, sure I'll die out like the dinosaurs but whilst there are parts and fuel available, I'll be able to keep them going.

And many repowers maybe on their second repower unit by now so they have had three engines to your one and how is that beneficial for the environment? it isn't and you are more environmentally friendly then them.

 

[Hurricane]

Hydrogen is dirtier then diesel

Perhaps you would like to elaborate?

 

[John100156]

Yes, I too would like to be educated in this regard...

 

[dunedin]

Hydrofoiling electric speed boats are becoming quite a fashion thing now, expect them to be de rigour for all superyachts next season - and probably for Poole / Sandbanks soon thereafter.
Makes good sense for electric, as can have massive extra power to get up on foils, yet operate efficiently with low power when up.

 

[Fantasie 19]

Yes, I too would like to be educated in this regard...

Me too..

This seems quite a balanced view - fascinating - I wasn't aware there were so many types of hydrogen .. the comment may well apply to blue hydrogen, but other than what looks to be an inneficiency in storing it, green hydrogen looks to be pretty clean???

Hydrogen power is gaining momentum, but critics say it's neither efficient nor green enough

 

[John100156]

Yes, it is acknowledged that energy used in H2 production has always been an issue, but by using hydro or solar power to provide the primary energy source to generate, would make it greener, and mitigate massive pollution from vehicles. You could argue that the imbedded Carbon and energy sources used to make metal wind generators and the like, are not the greenest, but H2 itself is IMHO the way to go! Albeit lots of research at the moment still in fuel cells and batteries - just got to get the storage capacity/size/weight ratios right - still a long ay to go, if we don't all get nuked before its resolved...