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Re:How not to build a ship: the USS Ford by maxerickson on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @07:37PM (#14510738)
134 kilowatt-hours.

1 megawatt-hour is 3600 megajoules.

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Re:How not to build a ship: the USS Ford by LeifCarrotson on Thursday June 08, 2017 @10:38AM (#14514463)
Thank you for the correction.

It seems like this sort of energy could be very feasible with supercaps, lithium-ion, or lead acid, at that level.

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Re:How not to build a ship: the USS Ford by maxerickson on Thursday June 08, 2017 @12:09PM (#14515147)
Like you said in your other comment, the energy is a couple Tesla batteries. It's the power and cycling requirements that are hard.
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