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Re:Electric Ship Batteries Promise Compact, Cooler Power by tempest_ on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:11PM (#50471575)
10% is a lot though.

The Neoliner Origin is a pretty interesting ship. Perhaps more ships like it will start to show up as oil gets more expensive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliner_Origin

Re:Electric Ship Batteries Promise Compact, Cooler Power by nradov on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:42PM (#50472101)
The Neoliner Origin is a joke. It's a marketing stunt to greenwash the importation of low-volume luxury goods like cosmetics for rich customers who want to tell their friends about how they're saving the planet. The design can't scale up to transport bulk cargo in a cost effective way.
Re:Electric Ship Batteries Promise Compact, Cooler Power by tempest_ on Friday November 13, 2026 @12:31PM (#50486760)
Sure but you have to start somewhere. Ive been reading about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind-assisted_propulsion for the last 30 years so I figure every slow step forward is still a step.