Has anybody in history ever traveled around the world on a solar powered jet ski?
So you don’t have to worry about running out of gas, how about a jet ski motor ran by the suns light. That would be kick butt to travel the oceans around the world by jet ski. You could wear a back pack with C- rations food and salt tablets to drink water plus a 1/5 of everclear when I relax on an inner tube to sleep on the water. To prevent a shark attack, my inner tube will have a fold out cage to be around it. The jet ski will be larger than most with space for the inner tube cage. How about it? Think I could get a patent? I’d sell em for $8000. 8000 miles diameter of earth and my wee wee.
Interesting thought experiment!
On the patent, you can get a patent on just about anything if you just keep narrowing down the claims. However, I would have concerns about the value of the invention.
Some things to think about:
- In a recent Reader’s Digest, two women tried to row across the Atlantic in a specially-designed boat. They failed. The open ocean is nothing to be trifled with. What would a jet ski do in a storm with 30-foot waves?
- To push a bicycle at 10 MPH, you need maybe 100-200 watts. That’s a panel maybe 10-15 square feet. You would have to tow it on a trailer. And the bike is frictionless compared to a jet ski in water. I think it would end up being more of a solar barge – big, flat, not very fast.
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