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Default 300 watts and only 1.5 knots ~ A Canada revolution

cavelamb himself wrote in
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No more so than a nuclear powered house.


Not so!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiois...tric_generator
Russians have been running remote navaids with RTGs for decades.
Amazing power source used in lots of space programs, as you can see.

The half life of this generator is 87 years, so you only have to buy ONE to
run as many boats as you'll own in your lifetime, passing the RTG on to
your kids to run their boats from.

"238Pu (the best of these three) needs less than 2.5 mm, and in many cases
no shielding is needed in a 238Pu RTG, as the casing itself is adequate.

238Pu has become the most widely used fuel for RTGs, in the form of
plutonium(IV) oxide (PuO2). 238Pu has a half-life of 87.7 years, reasonable
energy density and exceptionally low gamma and neutron radiation levels."

Voyager 1 has been running from its RTG, nearly faultlessly, since the
1960's! It's power output has dropped, markedly, requiring a lot of its
science to be shut down or cycled, now.

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/RT/2004/RP/RPT-shah.html
Your permanent 110 watt SRG is ready....sun not necessary, 24/7/365/87
power...

Larry
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Of course, we'll use scare tactics that rival 9/11 to prevent you from ever
owning a car that never needs fueling....which would, of course, starve
many of the elite class out of their mansions.