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tedk-42today at 12:22 PM2 repliesview on HN

Article quotes `40 megawatt-hours of installed capacity.` - Surely this can get you pretty far from Tasmania to South America.


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chiitoday at 12:29 PM

apparently, 40MWh of capacity is enough to travel 40 nautical miles. The distance between Tasmania and South America is around 6,500–7,500 nautical miles.

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jacquesmtoday at 2:30 PM

The drag on a vessel is orders of magnitude larger than the drag on a car.