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Old 10-26-2008, 08:00 AM   #3
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RE: electric motors....again

"Now I know this is all still R&D and it will be a while before it becomes mainstream....and even longer for it to be miniaturized down to recreational boating size, but the future looks promising for cutting the oil leash."

Progress is quick , but you may still have a 10- 30 year wait.

We are not on an oil leash , the USA has over 500 years of proven coal reserves that easily change to high quality oil as was done in WWII and South Africa for over 60 years.At $40 a BBL

Now that the Solar Minimum has most folks preparing to relive the "Little Ice Age" (about 300 years last time) the nilists in congress might just allow us to drill the oil from the 85% of the country that is "off limits".

For the lowest cost transportation by boat , simply go sloew (SL of 1) and work a tiny engine hard for efficency.

Simple as that , with ZERO risk of failure.

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