Thinkingheunthinkable
This month85yearsago hevery irst ssueofTheMotor ShipIwaspublished.factcelebratedlsewherenhis edition. s aIchampionfthediesel nginehejournal asbeenartoftheI successtory fthisormofpropulsionhich, swe havearguedn recentmonths,ooks ettocontinue s hemainmeansfpropellinghips or he oreseeableuture.Yet herearesomen he ndustryhoarebeginningo lookurtheraheadtowhen ils either oonger vailablertoovaluable ndexpensiveo be usedasa fuelsource.Whatwillhappenhen?One uchroupf hinkers, tWallenius ilhelmsen,asdrawn pproposalsor an advancedo-ro esselortheyear2025,as reportednsomedetailn his ssue.Their hinkingentresrimarilyn alternativepropulsiononceptsangingromsails osolarpanels,uelcellsandwavepower.Each s seenas a meansofgeneratingnd/orstoringpropulsionnergyithout ecourseo oil, he dieselngine ranyothersucnsystem.As navalrchitect erBrinchmanneadilydmits,muchof he hink'ingsprovisionaln hat many fhe echnologieso notasyetexist n apracticalormandaremerelyheoretical.
evertheless,e believeshatthe imescalef 20yearsbeforeuchconceptsillbe neededillensurehat hemajority illhavebeenperfectedy heime hevesselwouldnterservlce.Ofcoursea degreef cautions neededereaswe haveall oo oftenseenarange f teethingrob-lemswith elativelyrovenechnologyhenappliedto the marinendustrypods,Grimwheels,wo-strokemediumpeednginespring o mind,ndmost ecentlyhantierse I'Atlantique'snsulationdhesionroblemsonts atestLNGanker.So heWalleniusilhelmsenonceptesselmay eem obesomefuturisticreamoran exercisen highly peculativehinking utbehindtheancifuldeas s avery eriousnd mportantntent-to maketoday'splannersnddesignersake a longhard ookatthe nearfutureto determineowsomeof heemergingroblemsanbe solvedndwhereundamentalndpracticalesearchhoulde directed.fterall'onlyby hinkinghe unthinkableanwe copewith heunpredictedhenit haDoens.
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