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> Long-distance oceanic shipping is another area where hydrocarbon fuels might be necessary, although there are some other options (wind/solar/iron redox).

Yeah, and nuclear, which is deployed at huge scale in seafaring vessels in the Navy. Merchant nuclear propulsion had an early start and is likely to see a revival imho.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NS_Savannah

https://corepower.energy/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_marine_propulsion

parent acidburnNSA 3 years ago

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