Boy, am I in the wrong business, Archdruid on interesting times ahead, and I don't expect this is going to surprise anyone...
The other day someone over at the Junk Rig Association website shared some details of his electric propulsion set up and made some good points in the process. The resulting discussion made me realize a couple of things though not exactly about electric motors...
Just about every discussion about electric propulsion on the web seems to include some naysayer with highly inflated estimates of what an electric propulsion system will cost. So much so that almost everyone believes that it's a non-negotiable fact that electric drives are much more expensive than a diesel engine.
Part of the problem is that there are some really silly-expensive systems floating around of the "There's one born every minute so let's screw them and make a quick buck" piratical marine trades sort... You know the kind, geared to idiots who think paying $1800 for a $600 motor some how makes it, you know, better.
The thing is, living in 2012 (the internet being a wonderful thing) it's easy to check out what stuff should cost by going to the source and looking up the price and seeing what stuff does cost. Trust me, it beats listening to the guy on that forum who knows what stuff costs because he knew a guy, who knew a guy, who met a guy in a bar who had one...
Which brings us to one of the most important rules about boat gear...
Do your own math!Listening to Little Feat
So it goes...
