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silence7 OP t1_j8eaajz wrote

Reply to comment by cafenegroporfa in Electric boats are coming. Will Maine have mechanics to service them? A regional nonprofit has partnered with educators on a three-part training course to help prepare technicians to work on electric boats. by silence7

The US currently dedicates~40% of corn, and a similar fraction of soybean oil to biofuels already. So there's limited room to expand biofuels to support all the applications that we currently use liquid fuels for. My expectation is that shorter-range boats, intended for single-day travel, are likely to be electrified.

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cafenegroporfa t1_j8ehhhm wrote

This is all true. It seems like ferries would ideal for being electrified, considering they don’t go too far and are on a set course.

I’m still hopeful that we can manage to build a better biodiesel infrastructure to help support machinery/boats/planes. But everyone may keep pushing electric-powered transport

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