In the transition to sustainable fuels one of the main arguments relates to what fuels to use. Then almost immediately, the argument shifts to the cost of the truly sustainable fuels and the industry debate gets all wishy washy and resists a change to truly sustainable fuels (E-Fuels) as long as possible. With continuous… Read more »
As a semi tradition, one of our summer intern assignments is to do a little project that summarizes issues that run through Rik’s head. In this case Abigail Crow, UVA Systems Engineering Sophomore, was asked to get organized on ship alternative fuel efficiencies. This is her summary: Determining the most suitable fuel for… Read more »
The Aberration experiment continues, and I am making almost continuous modifications to Aberration based on operational experience and the availability of new technologies. When I ran the boat to its winter storage at Scarano Boatyard in Albany, the standby diesel generator was smoking a little and this spring I suppose I will have to… Read more »