Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On 11/12/2024 16:17, D wrote:

  On Wed, 11 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

On 11/12/2024 09:58, D wrote:

steam turbine, sadly.

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Sigh... ok, a ship then! 😉

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Not only possible, has been done and is almost certainly the global freight and possibly passenger transport of the future.

 Yes! It would be a shame of subs and aircraft carriers would be the only ones to have this.

There is an international group of shipping people looking into what stands in the way. Regulations mostly...
The economics are somewhat unclear.  The rising cost of bunker oil has made cruising at lower speeds the optimal balance. With nuclear, uranium costs are negligible so full speed at whatever the weather will allow may be optimal leading to less ships being needed overall.
Probably a large container or cruise ship could top out at 50mph (80kph) or so. So something like a 3 day  transatlantic crossing time.
I think that is very acceptable as part of a holiday package.
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