I'd like to chime in on that sentiment as well. Eric seems to have a knack for compiling masses of diverse and sometimes seemingly contradictory data and distilling it into concise and understandable language. Keep it up Eric, your contributions are appreciated. Ever think about writing a book?
Jim
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "Myles Twete" <matwete@...> wrote:
>
> Those were my thoughts exactly after reading yet another great contribution
> from Eric.
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> From: electricboats@yahoogroups.com [mailto:electricboats@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Ben Okopnik
> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 9:13 AM
> To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] 26' Bayliner
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>
> On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 08:37:54PM -0000, Eric wrote:
> >
> > An easy question in "how much gas do you usually use in a single day on
> the water?" Just thinking about the batteries, if you use golf cart style
> batteries, the usable equivelent of a 1 gallon gas tank will weigh about 800
> pounds and cost about $2000. Upgrading to AGM will drop the weight to about
> 750 pounds and cost about $4000. Going high tech, you could buy Lithium
> cells that only weigh 350 pounds and cost about $6200. All of that for a
> "gas tank" that drive your boat as far as 1 gallon of gas today.
>
> That's an excellent, concise overview. Maybe somebody should write up an
> FAQ for this group, with this kind of info? It's the traditional way of
> introducing newbies to the default assumptions behind a given discussion
> group.
>
> --
> Ben Okopnik
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> I think that's how Chicago got started. A bunch of people in New York
> said, "Gee, I'm enjoying the crime and the poverty, but it just isn't
> cold enough. Let's go west."
> -- Richard Jeni
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