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I too have been known to get the powerships after a few nights of blackouts.

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That’s interesting! There also exists a similar thing for 18 wheelers

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Old diesel locomotives have been repurposed similarly, since they’re literally a 3000hp generator and fuel tank on wheels.

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Oh great, this terrible idea is actually going into works

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It’s often a disaster recovery type of thing.

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That makes sense. In an earlier climate conference some oil billionaires had a similar idea, but instead to create artificial scarcity and drive energy prices up by moving the power plant to the highest bidder

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Wait until you hear about Floating nuclear power plants.

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We already have floating nuclear power plants and we’ve never had an issue with one (in the US at least). Look at any modern aircraft carrier or naval submarine. Many of them are able to be connected to shore and power nearby buildings in emergencies.

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The article on Nimitz class carriers is a great Wikipedia rabbit hole to dive into.

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That is awesome

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I remember watching a youtube video about what i think was a large land train built by Russia that was a portable nuclear power station.

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This was an excellent read, thank you for linking that Wikipedia article. I never knew about these and they are cool af

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Some countries depend on them, Dominican republic for example. According to the locals it’s been reliable except during hurricanes, but that’s an extreme.

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Isn’t that a rather inefficient solution?

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It’s supposed to be an emergency solution.

However, kilowatts of power generation isn’t exactly something that can be thrown together in a couple weeks. It can take months to stabilize a grid to the pint the ship can disengage.

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Seems like it was what they could afford. It puts the plant right near the core of the city where it’s most needed, and right next to the fuel transfer station for the whole island makes logistics yet simpler.

Why it’s floating vs on land, I truly don’t know. I expect it’s because the city was already historical and built up (the DR being Columbus’ first landing place in the Americas).

https://www.powermag.com/estrella-del-mar-iii-a-visionary-floating-power-plant-is-powers-plant-of-the-year/

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