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Originally Posted by garysanfran
I know there is intense research for using this abundant fuel for a lot of vehicles...but boats? I know the infrastructure for delivery is not there, but create a need and the infrastructure will follow.
I also wonder how much the anti-petroleum "it's a politically incorrect fuel" affect has an effect on cost? We've got a lot of petroleum in our ground.
I'm sure there is a fair amount of people who would like to see power boating go away.
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LNG would be good in boats, but has some drawbacks. It has less energy density than gasoline, so it takes up more space for an equal amount of range, and needs to be in an insulated pressure vessel to stay liquid, so fuel tanks can no longer be made to fit tightly down low in the center of a boat. They need to be cylindrical or spherical for strength and that means they can never be as space efficient as a typical rectangular fuel tank with a deep V profile. Due to these two drawbacks, you could expect, storage space, and stability to all suffer compared to gasoline.
I don't know of any production LNG boats.