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- thestrongrope, on 08/27/2008, -0/+15Man this thing is really cool. It looks like a boat the Thundercats would use. I think Panthro has been working overtime.
THUNDER CATS HOO!!!!! - MikeChino, on 08/27/2008, -1/+1280 days pffth... suck it jules verne!
- StevieJanowski, on 04/02/2009, -0/+10If that thing isn't in the next Batman movie I don't know what they are thinking
- inactive, on 08/27/2008, -0/+8thunder thunder
- thestereofield, on 08/27/2008, -1/+8It's only carbon-neutral because they purchased offsets after measuring the co2 emissions. I wonder how much they had to purchase? Offsets are so bogus
- thestrongrope, on 08/27/2008, -0/+7What are these AIR PLANES you speak of?
- inactive, on 08/27/2008, -2/+8Michael Phelps can swim around the globe in 30 days.
- anyone4apint, on 08/28/2008, -1/+7Call me crazy and old fashioned, but were they not sailing around the world in an eco friendly way 400 years ago using nothing more than a few bits of wood and some big sails?
Amazing looking boat though. - thestrongrope, on 08/27/2008, -0/+6Batman has your number? Do you screen his calls?
- Spartycus, on 08/28/2008, -0/+5Exactly what I thought when I read that too. If all it takes to claim its green is the purchasing of carbon credits, then its not really green at all.
I mean, imagine some really rich asshat wanted to do this, he could buy a super fast, fuel guzzling speedboat, and drive it around the world while burning barrels of oil on its deck, then just calculate the carbon credits needed, buy them and claim hes eco-friendly. - MikeChino, on 08/27/2008, -0/+5Haha... "Batman called, he wants his boat back"
- 420buddah, on 08/27/2008, -0/+4It was built out of hemp as well.
- Mutton, on 08/27/2008, -0/+4Thundercats are on the move,
Thundercats are loose,
Feel the magic, hear the Roar,
Thundercats are loose,
Thunder, thunder, thunder, Thundercats! - inactive, on 08/27/2008, -0/+3Seriously, that thing looks like it can kick some serious ass.
- chrissku, on 08/27/2008, -0/+3Earthrace website
http://www.earthrace.net/index.php?section=1 - BigManOnCampus, on 08/27/2008, -0/+3Uhm, Airplanes were invented nearly 100 years ago now. You can use them to get around the world in a single day.
- eebeelive, on 08/27/2008, -1/+4WOW! You're right it is BadAss!
- jawagas, on 08/28/2008, -0/+2Exactly, like riding a cloud.
I don't know, something about capital E's make me uncomfortable. They just look haneuous. - inactive, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2That thing looks so bad ass.
- Salinesolucion, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2This boat is awesome looking!
- BigManOnCampus, on 08/27/2008, -1/+3I'm glad they finally did it. Their first attempt was aborted due to weather as I recall.
- dolemite5005, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2I've been in that boat before, though at the time I didn't know what it was other than a really freakin' cool looking boat on display to the public down at the waterfront. This was before it was covered in stickers and tattoos that make it's purpose pretty obvious.
- septicmadman, on 08/28/2008, -0/+2Two-dimensional figures that travel over the water very quickly, kinda of like riding a cloud.
- cowsgonemadd3, on 08/28/2008, -0/+2Where is a bad donkey?
- Reostat, on 08/28/2008, -0/+2Well, that covers the '100% Carbon Neutral' on the boat quite nicely. And to the '100% biodiesel', haven't we also agreed long ago that biofuels are not the way to go (in regards to fuel vs food)?
I'm with you here, I think this entire thing is showboating (no pun intended) uselessly. - JamesPDX, on 08/29/2008, -0/+2the horns
There are a many features that stand out on Earthrace. Firstly the distinctive horns. These are actually ducts. Hot air from around the engines is expelled out the top of these, while cool air is sucked through the lower channel and funnelled under the engines. This however is not powered, it runs simply by convection. In big seas (waves over 8m (26ft)) the horns get submerged, however any water ingress is ducted out the sides automatically. Also, because Earthrace is only underwater for a few seconds at a time, the engine bay holds enough air to keep the 1080hp of Cummins Mercruiser engine roaring along.
http://www.earthrace.net/index.php?section=3 - buddypriefert, on 08/28/2008, -0/+2Right, and for that matter, let's pick apart Charles Linberg...well heck, for that matter all sports, movies, etc. are a waste to the environment!
Now get back to work! - BigManOnCampus, on 08/28/2008, -0/+1That's a little different than weather, unless by local fisherman you mean "El Niño"
- Mobiletek, on 08/28/2008, -0/+1Simply incredible.....
- kolyana, on 08/28/2008, -0/+1That's an insanely good looking 'boat'; wow, really stylish.
Does anyone know if those 'wings' coming off the sides (the ones that jut into the air, not those on the water) actually do anything? - snowrail, on 08/28/2008, -0/+1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_II
The record for a sailboat -- which I'd suggest is a lot more ecofriendly -- is only 50 days... So this boat is 20% slower than the best sailboat... - spaceshipsix, on 08/28/2008, -0/+1It's about 24,000 miles. They stay mostly above the equator so even with the canals and continent dodging it's a little less than the circumference.
- Ydnar24, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1Let's see, the circumference of the earth is 24,902 miles and there are 1440 hours in 60 days.
Average speed of 17.3 mph?
I wonder how many extra miles they went going around continents? - newdigger, on 08/28/2008, -0/+1For those who don't know, the design of the boat is based on its ability to "pierce" the waves. Instead of riding up and over big swells and losing speed like most boats, this boat dives into the wave and is completely submerged for a short while, until it comes out on the other side.
- buddypriefert, on 08/28/2008, -0/+1Queen Amidala says that she approves the design.
- randomstupid, on 08/28/2008, -0/+1Their first attempt was put off because they ran over and killed (accidentally) a local fisherman off S.America... + a few major mechanical issues with the boat
- partrow, on 08/28/2008, -1/+1Wonderful. They wasted how many gallons of fuel on a self-aggrandizing publicity stunt?
Notoriety is a stong attraction for some who are very needy and have nothing else of value to do. - LachlanP, on 08/28/2008, -0/+0Go New Zealand!!!:D
- wh3873, on 08/28/2008, -0/+0I really miss the days of world speed records, nice to see people taking a stab at them. Even though they use this as a big Eco push even rednecks can get behind sailing around the world. We need to keep pushing our limits what seems to be excess today is the commonplace of tomorrow. Get this team working on a rocket ship and get us to mars already damn it.
- chadderboxxer, on 08/28/2008, -0/+0did this boat really kill a fisherman? found this on wikipedia.
- partrow, on 08/28/2008, -2/+1Whatever 'carbon credits' are, I am sure they were purchased from Albert Gore's company.
Your one-stop shopping source for 'carbon credits'. - spaceshipsix, on 08/28/2008, -1/+0Ya what are they proving by burning a ***** of fuel driving a huge boat for two months straight. I really don't see this as any kind of environmental breakthrough.
- inactive, on 08/27/2008, -4/+1What path did they take?
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