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Getting a little sun in the harbor

By adamg on Mon, 06/23/2014 - 8:55am
Solar-powered boat

Turlach MacDonagh puttered around Boston Harbor this weekend on our first solar-powered boat, the SunPlugged.

Copyright Turlach MacDonagh. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

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By anon on Mon, 06/23/2014 - 10:03am.

This is great, Boston should convert all the water taxis to electric (plug in/solar hybrid) like this so our hard work cleaning the harbor and air in Boston stays that way.

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By johnmcboston on Mon, 06/23/2014 - 10:35am.

Aren't sailboats technically solar powered? :-)

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By Bob Leponge on Mon, 06/23/2014 - 10:46am.

The wind is free, if you just leave it be.
Use it for thrust? A fortune's a must.

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By Bob Leponge on Mon, 06/23/2014 - 1:56pm.

If you think about it, diesel boats are ultimately solar powered too, albeit by sunshine that fell on the earth a long, long, time ago. Nuclear is probably the only energy source we've got that isn't ultimately solar.

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By KSquared on Mon, 06/23/2014 - 3:00pm.

The uranium used in nuclear reactors came from supernovas. So, technically a solar energy. :P

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By anon on Mon, 06/23/2014 - 3:24pm.

All heavy elements, including the radioactive ones, were created in supernovas, so while they may not be from our sun they are from a star somewhere. Kinda stretching "solar power" a bit though...

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