• JillyB@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Idk man. The largest container ships carry ~40k shipping containers. Do you really think we could make 40k-ish solar boats and unload them efficiently? I think a better solution would be to transition the ships away from fossil fuels.

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      1 year ago

      The current issue with large container ships is that they’re extremely expensive. They’re assets meant to be financially depreciated over 50+ years, so they’ll be in use until written off. A lot of currently operating ships are even older than that.

      And yes, I do think that the entire business could be disrupted by a swarm of robots if the robots are cheaper. The only problem is that customers are expecting delivery shorter times. Yeah well and that someone has to believe my crazy idea enough to actually do it. It is a thought experiment.