EV Boat outboard motor?

[DADAKOTA]

With all the push (by some) to eliminate fossil fuels and the accompanying emissions, what is the plan to generate all the electricity needed to replace the fossil fuel?  I'd assume coalfired and natural gas fired power plants are a no-no.  Non one wants a nuke plant near them let alone dealing with all that waste.  Does anyone think they can get enough power through wind, solar, and water?  Without government subsidies wind and solar are not cost effective.  I'll keep my gasser motors thank you. 

[dblades]

France gets 80% of it's power from nuclear already. I think the waste problem is overblown, using current technology, and there are now several proposed new plants. Really no way to generate the power, plus all the additional that will be required without it. Don't get me started on the real reason  WHY I think the current rush is on to end fossil fuel. (It ain't climate)

[DADAKOTA]

Nuke power is very efficient.  The last nuke plant came on line in June 2016.  The one before that was 1996.  I'd imagine that we have some nearing the end of their useful life and will be decommissioned.  Not sure where all the power will come from for Wrench to run his electric boat and pickemup truck.

[Flysmallie]

Nuclear is the way to go. Unfortunately, misinformation to protect fossil fuel profits stands in the way. 

[BilletHead]

19 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

Nuclear is the way to go. Unfortunately, misinformation to protect fossil fuel profits stands in the way. 

                I would be for that if we could avoid a Chernobyl or Fukushima. I realize both fossil and Nuke can have environmental impact, but I would say lives lost with nuclear disaster would be much higher? 

[Flysmallie]

7 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

                I would be for that if we could avoid a Chernobyl or Fukushima. I realize both fossil and Nuke can have environmental impact, but I would say lives lost with nuclear disaster would be much higher? 

Chernobyl was due to ego. they knew there was an issue. It had be documented for years. But they refused to fix it and when it started going south during a safety test the person in charge refused to back down. 

Fukushima? DON'T BUILD A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN A KNOWN DISASTER AREA. It would be like the US building one along the Mississippi. Sooner or later it's going to get water in it. 

Plus there are safer designs of nuclear reactors. Designs that will shut themselves down instead of melt down. 

But I know it will be tough going up against the impeccable safety record of the coal industry. 

[snagged in outlet 3]

I always wonder why they focus on us here in the US to clean up the planet when China and India pump out huge amounts of pollution.  Wouldn't we get more bang for our buck cleaning that up first?  Gretta Thunberg should go to China and tell them how to save the planet.  She can contemplate it while she sits in their work camps....

[MrGiggles]

On 2/16/2022 at 2:41 PM, fishinwrench said:

You think it is larger and heavier than a tank of gasoline that will run the same number of hours ?    

I seriously doubt it.  

Even when the inefficiency of an engine is factored in, gasoline has way more potential energy per pound than current lithium batteries. And that electric outboard is likely not much lighter than it's gasoline counterpart, so there's no real savings there. Just some rough math, it would take 900lbs of battery to provide the same capacity as a 30 gallon gas tank, which is about what a Tesla battery weighs. Granted, very few people actually use the full capacity of a given boats fuel tank, but still.

There is a long ways to go before the two could be considered equal in terms of run time.

[fishinwrench]

A pound of gasoline won't even weedeat around my mailbox.   I'm probably better off throwing the gas on the weeds.  😂

[MOPanfisher]

More hydro dams = more lakes to fish.  Of course every one eliminates a perfectly good river.  I would think that those EV outboards would have a solar panel either on top of the cowling or built into it.  Wouldn't be big enough to do a lot but beats paddling.  They would probably work fine for me as I don't run far when I go but unless they are gonna give me one for free I reckon my Ole Yammer will be just fine.