World’s Largest Solar-Powered Boat
by admin on Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 | 25 Comments
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so any one know how its storing its power?
@Tayjinglai No disrespect, did you even watch the video. “the boat can travel for three days and nights before needing to be recharged”
It looks fucking awesome!
They should put a cup on that prop to have less drag.
Nice boat!
Wind power > Solar power
*in the middle of the sea*
*Starts to rain*
driver : shit no solar energy!
@FantasticBob7000 recharged by the sun, you got to realize the sun doesn’t shine 24/7.
Why would a solar powered boat need to be recharged???
wow great boat, respect
@687990 What if you run out of diesel in the middle of the Pacific? Same thing happens. Except, in a solar boat, all you have to do is wait for the sun, and you can keep going. In a diesel ship, you have to wait for a refueler boat.
@joelito84 It’s hard to use a sail boat but a solar boat would only require you hit the gas. Puls solar can be faster.
what if its a cloudy week? :O i dnt wanna be on that boat then
@robertghouston They mean to say that it could be sunny for one day and then that would charge the panels, then it could be pitch black for three days and the vessel will still be able to move. But being it will be in the sun most of the time while circumnavigating the globe, it will be recharging every second due to the sun. So they don’t even need to worry about recharging.
@NoahJacobsPiano wind comes from warm and cold air, warm air comes from sun, so sun causes the wind :/
@NoahJacobsPiano yes, and the wind is powered by….?
@christopherawesome Wind powered dude…..
wow thats a big effing project
Awesome and Great solar boat. Congratulation !
Awesome and Geat solar boat. Congratulation !
Instead of a very green method of travel by attaching an easily produced sail, they went ahead and made solar panels in a factory at a very high cost, also causing pollution. This just does not make any sense to me, I could understand a sail boat that had an auxilary solar powered motor for the doldroms at the equator or while in a marina.
Next I want to see a solar powered horse. Yes that is right I want you to attach solar panels to a horse and carriage.
What’s the point in having those paddle wheel like propellers. Isn’t it more effective with a fully submerged propeller?
put a big sail on it when it’s windy and you will double the speed.
This will be popular when the ground gets too populated and the ice melts from the polution.
You can live in it,move it,go fishing and boil the water to make it good for drinking ;D
But there’ll probably be invented some kind of a renewing filter by then.
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