Intshisekelo kaBill Gates kubuchwepheshe obuhlanzekile manje izogqanyiswa ngenye yezimpawu ezigqama kakhulu zengcebo yakhe. Owayeyinhloko yeMicrosoft uyalele i-hydrogen fuel cell superyacht yokuqala emhlabeni, i-Aqua, eklanywe ngabakwaSinot Yacht Design.
Umkhumbi, ongamafidi angu-370 ubude (cishe amamitha angu-112) futhi ubiza cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-644, unazo zonke izinto zokunethezeka, okuhlanganisa namadekhi amahlanu, indawo yezivakashi ezingu-14 ezindlini eziyisikhombisa nabasebenzi abangu-31 ngisho nendawo yokuzivocavoca. Kodwa isici sayo esiyinhloko ukuthi isebenza ngamamotho amabili angu-1 MW, uphethiloli ovela engilazini yezikhali ezingamathani angu-28 kanye namathangi afakwe ivacuum ane-hydrogen epholile kakhulu (−253° C).
I-Aqua isebenzisa ngisho "izitsha zomlilo" zejeli ukugcina abagibeli befudumele endaweni engaphezulu esikhundleni sokushisa amalahle noma izinkuni. Umkhumbi ngeke usheshe kakhulu, unejubane elikhulu lamafindo angu-17 (31 km/h, isivinini sokuhamba u-18–22 km/h), kodwa ibanga eliphakeme lika-7000 km kufanele lanele olwandle.
Ngenxa yalokho, ukuphuma komkhumbi onjalo kuyoba amanzi avamile kuphela. Kodwa-ke, umkhumbi awukakwazi ngokuphelele ukuhambisana nemvelo. Njengoba iziteshi zokufaka uphethiloli nge-hydrogen endaweni yokulala ziyivelakancane, i-Aqua izoba nenjini eyisipele kadizili ukuze isize isikebhe sifike esikhumulweni esifunekayo. I-Aqua akulindelekile ukuthi iye olwandle kuze kube ngu-2024.
Kulula ukugxeka ukuthenga okunjalo. Ingabe imali esetshenzisiwe ibingakwazi ukukhokhela izimoto zikagesi neze-hydrogen, ezingaba nomthelela omkhulu kunomkhumbi owodwa ohamba ngezikebhe? Kodwa ukutshalwa kwezimali kukaBill Gates kuwukugunyaza okungokomfanekiso kobuchwepheshe be-zero-emission—kulokhu, njengobufakazi bomqondo wokuthi imikhumbi akudingekile ukuba ishise uphethiloli osuselwa kukhabhoni ukuze ihambe olwandle. Ungafunda kabanzi mayelana nomqondo we-hydrogen superyacht .
Source: 3dnews.ru