Rosalie B. wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:51:07 -0400, you wrote: > >> This is pretty cool but it brings up a question that I have been wondering >> about. >> >> Why is it that on something like this or even a car that they run an >> internal combustion motor and electric motor instead of just straight >> electric with a generator that runs the electric motor when the batteries >> are low? This is how trains work why not everything that is a hybrid?
Because it is too expensive right now to have that much battery capacity, mostly. In >> this case there is already a generator on the boat so why even have the >> diesel motors on it? Well of course the generator is turned by something, but I get your point. And I agree. Why not have the generator sized so that the electric >> motors can run right off of it? Good question. That is how more and more ships and now some yachts are doing it.-Ken _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
