Will I need Deck shoes on a Dead Planet?
The discussion will focus on a variety of technical solutions developed to make the yachting experience more responsible and sustainable. Sunreef Yachts Eco representatives will share an insight into the R&D activity of the company and practical solutions that can be implemented to ensure cleaner boating. This will include a conversation about electric, hybrid and hydrogen propulsion, battery technology, plant-based composites, bottom paints, modern photovoltaics, sustainable interior finishing, water management, energy management, air conditioning. The focus will also be on the evolution of technology and future trends.
Maybe like this?
LOL ~ I just watched about ten minutes of a walkthru of what’s billed as the first steel-hulled electric ocean trawler/yacht. Interested more in the mechanics than the boat, though I did note it had a diesel backup generator
If I see it again I’ll post it …
A bit less grand than a trawler/yacht – but interesting development by joint venture. . .
“Oceantera Energy Corporation, a joint venture between Orkney-based Aquatera and Philippine-based OceanPixel, has successfully delivered the first renewable energy powered electric ‘outrigger’ boat in the Philippines.”
https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/panorama/oceantera-introduces-first-solar-electric-outrigger-boat-20231124
I noticed that in that part of the world they’re all called yachts …
“America’s first hydrogen-powered ferry is set to sail”
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/sea-transport/americas-first-hydrogen-powered-ferry-is-set-to-sail?fbclid=IwAR1O73KR774z7D-JMaQ6vxeRiV5KnfTDl12xrlnFL_3puZN42Fw_MxKNAi4
Cute name for the H2-powered ferry: Sea Change
Norwegian Hydrogen has agreed to deliver green hydrogen to an emission-free fishing vessel dubbed Skulebas.
https://www.h2-view.com/story/norwegian-hydrogen-to-fuel-zero-emission-fishing-vessel/2102753.article/
World’s first electric hydrofoiling passenger vessel successfully completes tests in Stockholm.
https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/electric_hybrid_vehicles/world-s-first-electric-hydrofoiling-passenger-vessel-20231116
“Salicornia” – which has been developed entirely in Portugal, by national companies, to serve a Portuguese region – represents a maritime milestone as the first electric ferry on the Iberian Peninsula.
https://maritime-executive.com/corporate/grupo-ete-delivers-portugal-s-first-electric-ferry
On December 16 in St. Petersburg, Florida, Blue Innovations Group (BIG) will launch its new flagship R30, the first 30-foot electric day cruiser designed and manufactured in Florida.
https://lakelandboating.com/blue-innovations-group-announces-launch-of-flagship-r30-electric-boat/
Although based on the successful Frauscher 858 Fantom Air, the eFantom is an entirely different beast featuring an electric powertrain from the future generation Porsche Macan.
https://www.yachtscroatia.com/frauscher-x-porsche-efantom/
Port hosts world’s first methanol run freight ship.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0409x1ynkko
Per a clueless member of Marie Antoinette’s posse, “If the people have no bread, let them eat cake!”
Tips for climate change greenwashing:
1. Suggest an exceedingly expensive solution to a relatively minor source of carbon emissions is in the works some point in the future.
2. Ignore the other emissions created during production of this solution.
3. Ignore the other environmental effects of this solution.
4. Pointedly ignore how the major sources of carbon emissions aren’t being addressed societally.
5. Market the pants off how you are ‘saving the planet’ as one of the good guys.
6. Continue consumption patterns and be as materially profligate as before. No, more so! It drives the economy!