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ELECTRIC REVOLUTION, IS THIS THE WAY TO GO?

The short answer is: yes and no.

The long answer can be traced back quite a long time and I would suggest there have been quite more than a few revolutions over the intervening years.

Being a former submarine engineer, I always smile to myself when electric propulsion is ‘discovered’ as a new technology, the ‘future’ of propulsion was launched amidst great pomp and splendour in the year 1888 after over three years of active researching undertaken by Isaac Peral.

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