Is he implying that boats powered by internal combustion engines don’t run out of fuel? If the point is that you cannot rescue a stranded boat by bringing electricity the way you can bring fuel, then he is wrong. There is no reason you cannot “jump” an electric vehicle by bringing a portable power source.
Up through the early 1900s, automobiles ran on kerosene. You went to a general store and brought the kerosene home to mix and put in your car. Gasoline was a waste product that was dumped on the ground being the last off of the cracking tower in the refining process, and of no known use. Someone figured out that all that gasoline, being the highest in volume from refining, would work in the internal combustion engine. Soon gas stations came as demand came with auto sales. So it will happen with electric vehicles. Demand will make for more efficiency, more convenience, and some genius will figure out how to make it all work and become the next multi-billionaire. Follow the money.
This is one of the most infantile aspects of the EV issue, and it is proffered by the dimmest of people. Whether motor or engine, it requires fuel. The fuel must be stored somehow and there is no infinite supply. And this is done when it is well known that people run out of gas while driving (and boating) all the time. Truly, Danzinger is stupid, or he thinks his readers are.
There are already electric ferries and many boaters have electric trolling motors. I’ve been on lakes where only electric motors are allowed and that was decades ago when all people had were lead-acid batteries.
They already have electric outboard motors. Electric has better acceleration than internal combustion. Getting a skier out of the hole and on plane is easy.
I’m not a boater, so I ask “Do boats normally carry a spare can of gas onboard?” Every time I’ve been out on the lake, and a boat runs out of gas or has other trouble, I see another boat tow it back to a dock – I’ve never seen somebody had a gas can from one boat to another.
Electric vehicles can use some of their charge to partially recharge another electric vehicle. It requires vehicles that have the correct circuitry as will as compatible cables. It is possible to do this with boats, but I still think that more likely a working boat would tow the disabled boat to shore.
Lurion iON21 all electric bass boat, constantly and automatically calculates battery percentage and remaining range. Now, if you’re not drunk or distracted, you might head back to your boat slip before running out of fuel.
wirepunchr 14 days ago
Where’s the circling shark?
kittcapp 14 days ago
OMG, if these forward thinkers were the dreamers of yesteryear we would still be traveling in covered wagons.
Retired engineer 14 days ago
Is he implying that boats powered by internal combustion engines don’t run out of fuel? If the point is that you cannot rescue a stranded boat by bringing electricity the way you can bring fuel, then he is wrong. There is no reason you cannot “jump” an electric vehicle by bringing a portable power source.
Radish the wordsmith 14 days ago
Shark , battery or Trump, which is deadliest?
Aviatrexx Premium Member 14 days ago
Why are those boats flying through the air? When was the last time you saw the propeller of a ski boat while it was in the water?
ncorgbl 14 days ago
Up through the early 1900s, automobiles ran on kerosene. You went to a general store and brought the kerosene home to mix and put in your car. Gasoline was a waste product that was dumped on the ground being the last off of the cracking tower in the refining process, and of no known use. Someone figured out that all that gasoline, being the highest in volume from refining, would work in the internal combustion engine. Soon gas stations came as demand came with auto sales. So it will happen with electric vehicles. Demand will make for more efficiency, more convenience, and some genius will figure out how to make it all work and become the next multi-billionaire. Follow the money.
rmike7842 14 days ago
This is one of the most infantile aspects of the EV issue, and it is proffered by the dimmest of people. Whether motor or engine, it requires fuel. The fuel must be stored somehow and there is no infinite supply. And this is done when it is well known that people run out of gas while driving (and boating) all the time. Truly, Danzinger is stupid, or he thinks his readers are.
Groucho & Redd Panda 14 days ago
Just to toss my 2 cents in… electric boats are nothing new.
You could find them on ponds and lakes 100 years ago and we have the trolling motors now, they’re a lot of fun and safe for the kids.
Lou Nattic, né Stan C 14 days ago
Anybody ever hear about that General Dynamics company in Groton, CT, building submarines for the US Navy? Its name? Electric Boat.
walkingmancomics 14 days ago
also, electric boats are already a thing and have been for quite a while.
wndflower1 14 days ago
sure hope the electric boat isn’t in any shark infested waters if it develops a leak. (let’s see- which choice would i make???)
Havel 14 days ago
I’ve only been on a motorboat once or twice, but I do enjoy motorboating.
Godfreydaniel 14 days ago
If Traitor Trump, with his syphilis-ravaged tiny little brain, is re-elected, we will all be up sh*t creek without a paddle!
david_42 14 days ago
There are already electric ferries and many boaters have electric trolling motors. I’ve been on lakes where only electric motors are allowed and that was decades ago when all people had were lead-acid batteries.
Fuzzy Kombu 14 days ago
But there are already a many electric boats in service — and not only those with little trolling motors. See, e.g., the boattest-dot-com Web site.
RES 14 days ago
They already have electric outboard motors. Electric has better acceleration than internal combustion. Getting a skier out of the hole and on plane is easy.
ferddo 14 days ago
I’m not a boater, so I ask “Do boats normally carry a spare can of gas onboard?” Every time I’ve been out on the lake, and a boat runs out of gas or has other trouble, I see another boat tow it back to a dock – I’ve never seen somebody had a gas can from one boat to another.
Electric vehicles can use some of their charge to partially recharge another electric vehicle. It requires vehicles that have the correct circuitry as will as compatible cables. It is possible to do this with boats, but I still think that more likely a working boat would tow the disabled boat to shore.
Rich Douglas 14 days ago
Carrying a back-up battery will be a lot less dangerous than carrying extra fuel.
Both types of vehicles run out of fuel, BTW.
cracker65 14 days ago
Watch out for the sand sharks in the desert
davidthoms1 14 days ago
Those electric sharks might get you! Just ask Trump!
FreyjaRN Premium Member 13 days ago
They already exist. I’d like to see props replaced by jets, though. Manatees need to have fewer injuries that we inflict.
babka Premium Member 13 days ago
where’s that shark orange rapist was talking about?
MC4802 Premium Member 13 days ago
Lurion iON21 all electric bass boat, constantly and automatically calculates battery percentage and remaining range. Now, if you’re not drunk or distracted, you might head back to your boat slip before running out of fuel.