one of the questions i get a lot on my channel is about fuel usage and about how yachts are
polluting the oceans etc etc.. it's quite a big subject and most of the people
who post those comments are just people who are jealous of people that own superyachts so they go
on the attack and say oh it's disgusting blah blah - that's what happens most of the time
however a lot of people who like super yachts are also concerned about
the fact that they use a lot of fuel and i'm the same and - whenever i mention a
company that built super yachts trying to make an eco-friendly which is a very generic term
whenever i mention that people's in the comments you always get some comments from
people saying oh eco-friendly that's ridiculous it's a superyachts, know etc - however the fact is
that all of the companies that build superiors are trying to develop ways to make super yachts
use less fuel to be better for the environment the goal of the super yachts industry is to produce
emission-free superyachts and one story that came up recently
which i saw on the Lurssen website- they actually have a podcast called Lurssen Live
and it's hosted by some bloke who reckons he's a youtuber - i don't know whether any of you know
him - i'll show you some of the footage from the video here his name's David Seal apparently
never heard of him okay so i'll show you a little bit from this video
the CO2 emission problem is i think ever present in all our lives everywhere on the sea and on land
and clearly the imo committed itself to reduce the co2 emissions of shipping per se by 50 by 2050
which also includes yachting so this is a challenging target
and we want to do our part of it but already before look we all are very aware that we
need to do something - don't put any comments i know David Seal is of course
he's from the youtube "channel yachts for sale" and he is also a yacht broker
so what Lurssen are developing a super yacht that will run on a fuel cell on a hydrogen fuel cell
which is which is amazing news! it's great for the industry -if that is the future of the yachting
then surely it's going to save super yachting as restrictions become more and more strict
so Peter lursen who's the who's the head guy at least and he said that he said his grandfather
built the world's first motorboat in 1886 and it's his dream to build the first yacht without
a combustion engine so his mind - his head is in the right place right - he's trying to develop
that kind of technology so it says here that Lurssen revealed that the yacht which is being
commissioned by a pioneering and technology driven client will feature a fuel cell driven by hydrogen
which is continuously reformed from methanol and methanol is chosen over elemental hydrogen.
the shipyard said due to its higher energy density simplicity of handling and worldwide availability.
additionally methanol can be stored in structural tanks
at the bottom of the yacht unlike pressurized liquefied hydrogen which needs to be stored above
the tank top in extensive tank structures so this is one of the issues with hydrogen fuel
cell or hydrogen fuel cell technology it's the same with cars and one of the reasons why
hydrogen fuel cells haven't been developed most more recently is because of the the ability to
mine the hydrogen and to transport it and make it available for cars to fill up - so this is a way
to deal with that for super yachts because obviously super yachts require a lot more fuel . Don't they ?
obviously the owner of the person who is ordered the vessel which is top secret is a
pioneer in that sense that he wants to do that. now the next story is quite interesting because
the next story is about Bill Gates. Now apart from the conspiracy theorists will tell you
that Bill Gates wants to control the world. Bill Gates generally- his foundation is
has kill polio and he does a lot of work where he basically gives money away for a living now
and he is always working on things to try and help developing countries
there's a series on Netflix where he developed toilets
for areas that don't have running water and stuff like that which is which is incredible - he's
putting a lot of money into things now he's as far as i know he's never owned a super yacht
he's been tied to a lot of super yachts in the past and he's been on different super yachts
and as recently as last year he was on the new Lurssen in superyacht Mad Summer
which he chartered and Mad Summer is for charter at the keen price of 1.4 million
during high season -1.4 million a week dollars that is -not pesos - however if you want to
try and save some money you can charter it in low season and that will cost you
1.4 million dollars a week - yeah so and you can also buy that vessel if you like it so
much you know i liked it so much i bought the company -"so impressed i bought the company"
you can buy Mad Summer which cost 250 million dollars to build apparently
and it's now for sale for 229 million dollars if you want to buy it interestingly
there was some stuff in the newspapers a while ago saying that Bill Gates had bought a project
that was still in build called Project Aqua which is 112 meter boat -that's being built and that is
not true apparently - "The Telegraph says that his yacht is being built by Fedship in the Netherlands
right but the story also says that Bill Gates plans to be the owner of the first super yacht to
be powered by hydrogen fuel cell and the delivery date is said to be 2024. Now the anonymous
guy who's commissioned Lurssen to build the vessel with a hydrogen fuel cell and Bill Gates is
tied to a yacht that's being built which will be the first one- you know -
you don't need to be a rocket scientist to put that together so i i think it's the
same person who's i think it's Bill Gates has got the the yacht being developed by Lurssen
or being built by Lurssen - anyway time will tell - we'll find out
but yeah it's great news for the super industry if they can build a yacht like this
the yacht that they're building - the yacht that learns building it's not solely powered by
hydrogen so what the the Lurssen build will do is it will have it will be flanked by
diesel, electric motors but the hydrogen cell will allow them to do a thousand nautical miles
or 15 nights at anchor completely emissions-free
if you're wondering what why anchor they would still need to use power well obviously they still
need to power the lights and the AC and all that stuff and you need power for that so you have to
run generators even when you're in port or even when you're at anchor you still run generators
so they they're saying that a 1,000 nautical miles or 15 nights at anchor completely emissions
free which is fantastic and eventually this is how technology works doesn't it so the
somebody designs it they put it in a boat someone else they improve it improve it and
prove it and eventually that will replace the traditional methods of propulsion
anyway that's exciting i would love to work on that boat so if you're watching Bill -I know you do
if you're looking for someone let me know and i'll be right there.
Moving on to the next subject it is that time where i'm gonna go be going back to
work i'm going back to Italy and i'm gonna be driving back again which i'm very excited about
which is it's quite interesting actually because it's getting closer to me
going back to work but i always get this feeling i've been sort of impending doom
where it's like oh no i'm running out of leave and i've got to go back to work and you know i don't
want to go back etcetera and i never really could put my finger on where it was coming from until
now because now i'm driving back i'm actually excited to be going back because i have so much
fun on the drive that i'm really looking forward to doing it again so yeah so i'm not feeling
that normal feeling at all -i mean i love being at home i love being in my house i love spending time
in my house it's fantastic but i also love what i do and this time i'm really excited to go back so
brings me on to the next thing so i'm going to be i'm going to be documenting the trip
as i did last time but if you've got any ideas for anything that we can talk about
during the trip let me know i don't i don't want to do a Q&A as such because i just did
one on the way home and it's i i like to do them every now and then but not too often
but if you've got any ideas for subjects that we can talk about on the way down it can
be anything can be to do with the trip itself or it can be to do with some super yacht stuff
but it's more of a i'm looking for more of a topic rather than a question as such
but anyway put your comments below as usual and we'll get into it - now one other thing is I
just hit 98,000 subscribers today as i film this it just ticked over 98 000 subscribers
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put your comments below for ideas for the road trip and be sure to check out my other channel
which is called i'll put it up on the screen ->"eSysman Tech" and be sure to check it out for those
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leave it there thanks very much for watching and i'll see you soon - alright guys bye-bye