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[โ€“] RaoulDook -2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Batteries are part of what I said, which you seem to be ignoring. A ship that huge could hold some huge-ass batteries to power the bigass motors. Sodium-ion batteries would be the ideal solution with presently available technology.

[โ€“] supercriticalcheese 3 points 7 months ago

Nowhere near the power density needed to get the job done