Electricity generated from wind and solar with some wires to the dredge would be way easier than dredging by hand.
Why do many environmental activists seem to want to go back to a shitty past rather than move forward to bright future.
The historical aspects of this article are a good read though. Very interesting technology.
retired 36 minutes ago [-]
I kinda like the idea of using prison labour for environmentally friendly dredging.
But The Netherlands abolish prison slave labour in 2021 so that is no longer possible.
BigTTYGothGF 1 hours ago [-]
> those ships would require enormous chemical batteries
In many cases they can't be all that far from land, could one set up a way to run wires?
I also wonder about the possibility for some kind of permanent installation in select places, where small amounts of sediment are continually removed (as opposed to large amounts of sediment occasionally removed). Being permanent means you can hook it up to the grid.
throwawayffffas 55 minutes ago [-]
You do know you can burn stuff that is not dug up from the ground right? From ethanol to sun flower and coconut oil. You can pretty much just pour them in a gas tank and the engine will just work.
Tagbert 25 minutes ago [-]
All too often those have bad environmental impacts of their own. Coconut oil ends up being grown in plantains that require clear cutting natural forests. The agricultural process to plant, grow and harvest sunflowers produces significant CO2 just as it does for growing corn for ethanol.
smallerize 12 minutes ago [-]
I don't think anyone grows extra coconuts for fuel. It's processed from the waste after the more profitable parts are extracted.
seiferteric 30 minutes ago [-]
Good point, liquid and gas fuels will continue to be important into the future where energy density is needed, fuel cells could be a good option also.
zahlman 28 minutes ago [-]
Depending on the engine, perhaps. But this still releases CO2. This is not about supply limitations.
hakimg 16 minutes ago [-]
These are carbon neutral as they remove atmospheric CO2 when the plant matter is grown
sgt101 2 hours ago [-]
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Why do many environmental activists seem to want to go back to a shitty past rather than move forward to bright future.
The historical aspects of this article are a good read though. Very interesting technology.
But The Netherlands abolish prison slave labour in 2021 so that is no longer possible.
In many cases they can't be all that far from land, could one set up a way to run wires?
I also wonder about the possibility for some kind of permanent installation in select places, where small amounts of sediment are continually removed (as opposed to large amounts of sediment occasionally removed). Being permanent means you can hook it up to the grid.