RE:New usage for electric batterysThat's a brilliant thought! If it can work for buses - then it may well work for ships. And if those batteries can accept a fast and safe charge - then it might not be necessary to off-load all the battery-packs each time (instead, one could work out a maintenance rotation).
Good idea, Sunvalley. Engine-rooms would really change from what we knew!
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Sunvalley wrote: It is now being speculated that the next huge demand for electric batterys will be cargo ships and container hauling vessels.. These large boats emit a billion tons of carbon emissions annually and this is reason enough to convert to battery usage. At port these ships would be required to unload their used batterys via a container and reload with a fresh container of fully charged batterys in a automatic process which would be very efficient and cost effective. Just think of a possible role that NBM might be playing in this scenario comes into play! This would truly be mind bending in a financial way for investors that got in early. Speculation for now but using batterys at all in place of fossel fuels was speculation just a few short years ago.