Some time ago I read a book titled "Power Hungry" which was, I believe, well researched. Maybe electric motors in cars and boats are the future but remember they run/recharge from electricity and currently most electricity comes primarily from fossil fuels which have to be burned to produce that electricity. So while the electric engine in a car obviously does not produce emissions like a gas engine does there are still emissions in the production of the electricity used by that EV. Wind and solar sound "green" but are unreliable and simply too inefficient for the power demands of society (lets not even get into the footprint/aesthetics required for these two sources of energy). An average natural gas well produces 53 watts per square meter, wind 1.2 watts per square meter (when blowing of course), and solar 6.7 watts when the sun is shining.
While the distance issue is gradually improving, there is also the issue of decreased performance/distance of EVs in cold climates.
EVs will have there place around town, but until you can pull into a station and change/charge batteries in a few minutes they will simply not work for longer trips, not to mention the needs of many of us to pull a boat trailer behind our SUV.
Electric motors might work fine on a small aluminum rowboat or dinghy but I think we are probably many, many years away until we see the power my Yamaha 250 SHO produces vs a comparable electric engine/battery combination weight-wise.
It seems that the California CARB is not concerned about the practical effect on the boating industry in California.
While the distance issue is gradually improving, there is also the issue of decreased performance/distance of EVs in cold climates.
EVs will have there place around town, but until you can pull into a station and change/charge batteries in a few minutes they will simply not work for longer trips, not to mention the needs of many of us to pull a boat trailer behind our SUV.
Electric motors might work fine on a small aluminum rowboat or dinghy but I think we are probably many, many years away until we see the power my Yamaha 250 SHO produces vs a comparable electric engine/battery combination weight-wise.
It seems that the California CARB is not concerned about the practical effect on the boating industry in California.