inari@piefed.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 days agoWorld's first 10,800 car carrier with solar power delivered by Chinainterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1231
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minus-squareAniki@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 days agoi just calculated that 1 MWh is about 300 kg of fuel (that it replaces) a day. so in 2 weeks, that’s maybe 5 t of fuel that it saves? that does not seem so much to me.
minus-squareturmacar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoIt may not be much but it is something. They already run on crude instead of more refined fuel for very small percentage point gains in fuel cost. 5t less fuel over 2 weeks isn’t nothing, and this is the first one. With visibly a shit-ton more room for more panels.
i just calculated that 1 MWh is about 300 kg of fuel (that it replaces) a day. so in 2 weeks, that’s maybe 5 t of fuel that it saves? that does not seem so much to me.
It may not be much but it is something.
They already run on crude instead of more refined fuel for very small percentage point gains in fuel cost.
5t less fuel over 2 weeks isn’t nothing, and this is the first one. With visibly a shit-ton more room for more panels.