[canals-list] Re: engine bore glazing - no solar power

[jhar1945]

> Canal boats seem on the surface to lend themselves exceptionally well 
to
> being solar powered.  Picture a bank of solar panels from front to 
back on
> top and a bank of Batteries from front to back down the keel and 
powered
> electrically.  What a quiet serene affair that would be.  Has anyone
> attempted this in Britain?
> 
Step forward a designer of cloud power and we'll have this problem 
cracked, until global warming kicks in a lot more the idea of solar 
powered boats will have to wait methinks!
John