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by boznz 5 hours ago
A shame electricity is not the whole picture when it comes to energy. The resurgence in EV sales off the back of high gas prices is awesome, but almost 100% of bulk transport costs still rely on oil. Also, unlike EV's which can be plugged in at home for most of their needs, bulk-transport will require considerable new infrastructure to make the transition. Still a way to go.
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Torkel 4 hours ago
It's a couple of months since I did the calculations, but I do believe 2035 is for all energy, not just electricity.

It's easy to drag out a flat line in an exponential graph - but the line better start bending soon or we'll end up with a truly mind boggling amount of solar energy.

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aussieguy1234 2 hours ago
There was this launched some time ago: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-02/incat-launches-worlds...

It'd an electric ship, which has what is basically a grid scale battery power plant on board to power it.

The problem is range. Good enough for it's intended use as a ferry in South America. But it's going to need to be towed there from Tasmania.

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