Study finds health risks in switching ships from diesel to ammonia fuel
Study finds health risks in switching ships from diesel to ammonia fuel
Without additional regulation, burning ammonia in ship engines could cause serious impacts on air quality that could result in more than 600,000 additional premature deaths per year, according to new MIT research.
Technically not green, but I thought you guys would be interested
I thought they were talking about electric ocean liners?
Not in this article, in general.
Batteries don't lend themselves to boats unless they have generators.
Maybe hybrid ships recharging their batteries works but I doubt it.
Electric ships have to have generation somewhere. You'd have to do a lot of work to ruggedize solar panels to handle the travails of the sea. Wind power might help some.
Nuclear power works for US aircraft carriers but it's expensive as hell compared to Bunker fuel and a big ole engine