Nuclear is the best btw.
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By $/kwh, green energy is some of the most efficient on the plant. By $/sqft, nothing tops nuclear. That's why we're not throwing sails up on aircraft carriers.
Transitioning from bunker fuel to nuclear batteries on commercial ships would be a huge improvement to the global fleet. That's something we can't expect solar/wind to match.
Ok, but these are things that we don't need, that are literally murdering people and destroying the planet.
There must be a better example.
These are big boats that need large amounts of power to cross vast oceans. You could say the same about any number of merchant vessels, which primarily consume bunker fuel. If you could operate an oversized sailboat to manage bulk shipping cheaper than the current models, people would do it in a heartbeat.
Take your pick.
That's true, aircraft carriers and stealth submarines use nuclear power, but still prohibitively expensive for the shipping industry. Commercial shipping is picking up on wind with flettner rotor systems, sails and kites, it's still only modestly decreasing fuel use but future ships could take more advantage of wind.
Not sure what the future will look like but it could be that some type of redux flow battery and electricity could be used to power commercial ships. I'm pretty sure at some scale the redux flow system could save costs after energy prices drop.