Nomad Willy
Guru
Cotton,
I think we will be buying oil from the Middle East and elsewhere for some time to come. Most all people here will chose the route most cost effective for obvious reasons. Policy will be made by the bulk of consumers. Powering a trawler w electrons isn't practical but redesigning trawlers to be far more fuel efficient is practical and almost easy. Start w a sailboat hull and trawlerize it. I was actually going to do that some years ago and bought a Willard instead. A trawlerized sailboat would burn about half the fuel as my Willard and possibly less than that. Regarding the fuel efficient trawler burning far less fuel is a more practical route than trying to burn none at all. It's not like we're out of oil ... it's just less plentiful.
We may find a good alternative to oil energy before we run out of oil and how likely is anyone's guess. At this point oil is obviously still very plentiful and we need to use less of it primarily because there so many more people and those that never have used much oil are now becoming big consumers. Rightfully so too.
I have no interest in owning an electric trawler. And most here on the forum don't either. They actually like the rumbling diesel engine. Eventially the oil age will be over and electrons will be the essence of energy. But for now it's engines not motors.
As to your son there's no draft at this time. When I joined the Navy there was. But that was in 61. Tell your son to stay out of Iran and vote for people like Rand Paul.
I think we will be buying oil from the Middle East and elsewhere for some time to come. Most all people here will chose the route most cost effective for obvious reasons. Policy will be made by the bulk of consumers. Powering a trawler w electrons isn't practical but redesigning trawlers to be far more fuel efficient is practical and almost easy. Start w a sailboat hull and trawlerize it. I was actually going to do that some years ago and bought a Willard instead. A trawlerized sailboat would burn about half the fuel as my Willard and possibly less than that. Regarding the fuel efficient trawler burning far less fuel is a more practical route than trying to burn none at all. It's not like we're out of oil ... it's just less plentiful.
We may find a good alternative to oil energy before we run out of oil and how likely is anyone's guess. At this point oil is obviously still very plentiful and we need to use less of it primarily because there so many more people and those that never have used much oil are now becoming big consumers. Rightfully so too.
I have no interest in owning an electric trawler. And most here on the forum don't either. They actually like the rumbling diesel engine. Eventially the oil age will be over and electrons will be the essence of energy. But for now it's engines not motors.
As to your son there's no draft at this time. When I joined the Navy there was. But that was in 61. Tell your son to stay out of Iran and vote for people like Rand Paul.