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Old 04-09-2014, 06:44 AM   #52
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Originally Posted by FF View Post
>Like everything else, while we have cheap fossil fuels, other technology cannot compete.<

That will give the no efficient Green stuff about 5 centuries to catch upon price.
IMHO

Harnessing the power of "Fusion" is the best chance civilization has to economically electrically power the entire world. Many pitfalls exist as international scientists work toward cleanly and safely enabling Fusion-Heat to generate electric power.

It appears that until that time of history we are globally saddled with several sorts of dirty burning fossil fuels and dangerous nuclear energy as the most economical, readily available, and highly productive power sources. Of course clean(er) power sources such as ethanol, solar, geothermal, wind, waterfalls, dams, wave/tidal/current actions and the like are on the periphery; but not at all in ample availability or efficiency to power the entire world.

If Fusion Power can be developed into a safe, clean means to generate electricity then the stance of available electric power for humans on this planet will undergo a metamorphous of improvement and accessibility second to none.

That still leaves us with the problem of developing (inventing/creating) electric power units for boats that have acceptable weight ratios, duration of energy charge, ample travel distance, and quickness of recharge (while away from dock cruising or at stand still). Unless and until there suddenly becomes miraculous battery tech improvements alongside miraculous “green” recharging improvements... I see fossil fuel burning motors continuing to rule the pleasure boat industry for a long, long time.

Fusion power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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