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by trhway 595 days ago
say moving 100tons 10m, like from one side to another, in 10 seconds - that, acceleration and deceleration, takes 200KWt - half the Tesla's electric motor. It is horizontal. As we may have heeling, the worst case - raising 100t vertically 10 m in 10 sec - 1000KWt, 2-3 Tesla's electric motors.