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It's early yet...to say it will not develop into a mainstream technology is nonsense. They said the same thing about 4 strokes a couple decades ago! It will not happen in the next year or two but decade or two.
Yanmar made a 27 and a 35Hp model. They were pretty popular down under but not sold in the US. (pollution levels?) I actually bid on one on ebay last winter but didn't win. I wanted it as a kicker for my boat that I could keep in the bilge and if I needed it in an emergency I could drop it on a bracket I would mount to the swim platform
The early ones will be big and ugly but they will demonstrate proof of concept. Even so, the tests of the 300 Hp model burns less than half the fuel of other 300Hp's.
I hope someone starts thinking about atomic power...that is what I want!!! one fuel up per 30 years.
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