http://www.gothamist.com/2007/05/09/video_of_the_da_72.php All comments for Video of the Day: Solar-Powered Boat Makes First Transatlantic Crossing en-us 2007 jen Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:08:15 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jen@gothamist.com jen@gothamist.com 60 http://www.gothamist.com/2007/05/09/video_of_the_da_72.php#comment-1089674 http://www.gothamist.com/2007/05/09/video_of_the_da_72.php#comment-1089674 Comments Wed, 09 May 2007 19:27:15 -0500 <p>excuse my spelling. it's= its. "...to generate its electricity."</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2007/05/09/video_of_the_da_72.php#comment-1089628 http://www.gothamist.com/2007/05/09/video_of_the_da_72.php#comment-1089628 Comments Wed, 09 May 2007 18:19:53 -0500 <p>yes, but this is the first boat to use solar panels to generate it's electricity. the good thing about a boat like this is that it can be developed into bigger boats that can carry things far distances without the use of oil. </p> http://www.gothamist.com/2007/05/09/video_of_the_da_72.php#comment-1089580 http://www.gothamist.com/2007/05/09/video_of_the_da_72.php#comment-1089580 Comments Wed, 09 May 2007 17:30:00 -0500 <p>Um, people have been crossing the Atlantic for hundreds of years without oil. Or sunlight for that matter. Wind power & sails!</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2007/05/09/video_of_the_da_72.php#comment-1089507 http://www.gothamist.com/2007/05/09/video_of_the_da_72.php#comment-1089507 Comments Wed, 09 May 2007 16:15:49 -0500 <p>I'll stick with an airplane using lots and lots of oil, and make it across the Atlantic in a few hours. </p> http://www.gothamist.com/2007/05/09/video_of_the_da_72.php#comment-1089475 http://www.gothamist.com/2007/05/09/video_of_the_da_72.php#comment-1089475 Comments Wed, 09 May 2007 15:56:51 -0500 <p>Hmm... isn't Switzerland land locked?!? </p>