The City of Lynn ( in partnership with The State of Massachusetts Seaport Advisory Council ) has invested in a commuter ferry, to run between Lynn and Boston Harbor.
There are many questions regarding the profitability of said ferry.
Lynn is involved in a huge waterfront development project which hopes to draw newcomers who will provide the ridership, but this is still several years down the road.
The issue is how to maintain the ferry service during early stages of ridership.
Lynn EDIC boss, and major ferry proponent, Jim Cowdell, has hinted that State Subsidies are the solution.
The Lynn Maritime Future Center has a better idea.
I've been proposing that Lynn partner with GE to develop Tidal Electric Generation at the outflow of The Harbor.
Let's start with a prototype tidal generator that delivers power to a charging station located at the ferry dock.
GE's electric motor division develops a battery powered motor for the ferry.
All of this can be done via retrofits using available technology.
All of this can be done via retrofits using available technology.
With adaptation and evolution the concept of a tidal powered electric ferry becomes doable in very short order.
The ferry powers up every time it returns to Lynn.
As an added bonus, electric motors with tidally recharged batteries ( developed in Lynn ) become the choice for ferries everywhere.
GE and The City of Lynn enter into a new phase of their long partnership.
This is the perfect situation because ferries always go point to point.
If batteries can last the round trip they can be recharged.
A passenger ferry is large enough that the weight of battery packs is not an issue.
They can be placed low in the hull as ballast.
With power provided by tidal generation, fuel costs become insignificant.
This makes operating ferry service during Lynn's development stage feasible.
On the Green front, Tidal Electric Generation utilizes the power of The Ocean but does not consume anything...nor does it produce any toxic petro chemical exhaust.
On the Green front, Tidal Electric Generation utilizes the power of The Ocean but does not consume anything...nor does it produce any toxic petro chemical exhaust.
As another added bonus, The Ocean and tides are a natural resource on the upswing.
Sea Level Rise means that tides, unlike petroleum, coal, and natural gas, are not in danger of running out any time soon.
The Lynn Maritime Future Center and The Infinitely Sustainable, Tidal Powered, Lynn Electric Ferry are the Global Investment Attraction required by the City of Lynn to put the waterfront development plan over the top.
This can be shown as workable and the infrastructure can be under way within a year if positive minded people got together.
GE would be smart to say yes.
It would open a whole new industry for them.
Turbines and electric motors are right up their alley.
Turbines and electric motors are right up their alley.
Stay Tuned...more to follow RE how to, why, etc...
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Note...The vessel currently in use is much larger than needed.
At this point...Lynn has borrowed an out of service Whale Watch boat from Boston...like this one...
250 passenger capacity...much larger and more expensive to operate than is needed.
The battery powered ferry would be a smaller, commuter style vessel...as pictured below...much more doable and practical.
Let's work to make Lynn Harbor into the image people recognize when considering Earth's Maritime Future.
It's all up to us.
A lot of people with enormous amounts of $$$ at stake are interested in Earth's Maritime Future.
They need brilliant solutions to get the investment $$$ flowing.
Let them know we're here and ready with those brilliant solutions...!
Lynners love to Talk it Up...let's do it...!
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Note...The vessel currently in use is much larger than needed.
At this point...Lynn has borrowed an out of service Whale Watch boat from Boston...like this one...
250 passenger capacity...much larger and more expensive to operate than is needed.
The battery powered ferry would be a smaller, commuter style vessel...as pictured below...much more doable and practical.
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TISLEF is The Infinitely Sustainable Lynn Electric Ferry.
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TISLEF is The Infinitely Sustainable Lynn Electric Ferry.
It's all up to us.
A lot of people with enormous amounts of $$$ at stake are interested in Earth's Maritime Future.
They need brilliant solutions to get the investment $$$ flowing.
Let them know we're here and ready with those brilliant solutions...!
Lynners love to Talk it Up...let's do it...!
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