100 Foot Electric Yacht Sails Around World On Solar Power Proving Ignorant Green Energy Naysayers Wrong Again!

by ServantOfAllah Posted 2012/05/07 11:46:03

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Turanor PlanetSolar, a futuristic-looking 100-foot catamaran, on Friday became the first vessel to have circumnavigated the planet exclusively on power generated by the sun. The voyage, which began and ended in Monaco, lasted 19-plus months and included layovers in 28 countries, which were designed to promote the importance of solar energy.

Traveling on an equatorial route to take advantage of abundant sunshine, Turanor PlanetSolar covered more than 37,000 miles and set multiple Guinness World Records. The five-man crew enjoyed stops in such destinations as Tangier, Miami, Cancun, the Galapagos Islands, French Polynesia, Brisbane, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bombay, Abu Dhabi and Doha.

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Bill G53 ~PWCM~JLA 2012/05/07 14:12:44

It's a hoax!!!

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Interesting but still not practical. It is in the developmental stages though.

Seems to me a more practical solution would be....

but it's unlikely anyone would sail on it. No pool.

So until we come up with something more practical, drill baby drill.
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JoeBtfsplk 2012/05/07 13:08:24

It's a hoax!!!

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First off- your voting choices suck.
Practicality should be the third option.
The argument against fossil fuels shrinks daily as planet Earth is energized by the use of our available sources.

To demand an instant turnabout is suicide.

Let the free market, develop an alternate energy source so that in the year 2100 we will be comfortable making the shift.(I could be wrong about that estimate - say 2200 if need be)

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Servant... to JoeBtfsplk 2012/05/07 13:16:44

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JoeBtfsplk to Servant... 2012/05/07 13:31:27

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very intelligent - is this your best effort of a reply?

3rd grade level education? or Saul Alynsky tactic?

When you have nothing - ridicule.

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Servant... to JoeBtfsplk 2012/05/07 13:34:21

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JoeBtfsplk to Servant... 2012/05/07 13:40:59

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you actually think that is intelligent?

You fit your own profile.

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Servant... to JoeBtfsplk 2012/05/07 13:45:59

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That hurt.

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Franklin 2012/05/07 12:48:19

It's a hoax!!!

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Lets see my currant boat cost $1500 and does 72 miles an hour – this one cost $16.5 million dollars has a top speed of 16 miles an hour (average real speed to date 8 miles an hour ) and took almost 600 days so lets see who else has done this – Earth race made the trip in 60 days on bio diesel and a sail boat made the trip in 45 days
Yea I will get right on buying one of those things ….BTW this boat is up for sale now but no one wants to buy what is essentially a toxic waste problem that some nation is going to have to pay big time to dispose of ….I say punch a hole in the hull and lets watch the fire works as those batteries go nuclear! LOL

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Servant... to Franklin 2012/05/07 13:17:46

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JoeBtfsplk to Servant... 2012/05/07 13:32:11

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very intelligent - is this your best effort of a reply?

3rd grade level education? or Saul Alynsky tactic?

When you have nothing - ridicule.

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Servant... to JoeBtfsplk 2012/05/07 14:16:30

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Oh no I have better ones!

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ServantOfAllah 2012/05/07 11:53:35

Green Energy Naysayers, STFU!!

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Only the ignorant cannot see it coming. It's just a matter of time before we go green.

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clyde to Servant... 2012/05/07 12:51:25

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Notice the little rubber green peace companion and helicopter that are taking the photos are fueled by hydrocarbons. It's all about scale. Busses and submarines can run on fuel cells but due to scale when it comes to personal vehicles you get a lemon like the volt that has to be subsidized and is out of the public consumer price range. The alt power IS COMING but the Teslas and Edisons are still just a twinkle in their parents eyes. In the mean time we better get what we have out of the ground now and use it before this country goes the sustainability route of Spain and winds up a bankrupt social state of noble intentions. Vote out the Solyndra donors ...the answer will come as it is always has from the private sector...for profit.

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Servant... to clyde 2012/05/07 13:19:36

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