If that is true, biomimicry could give us a blast of cheep solar energy. That would be cool.

Hmm. Love the re-use of containers. But I am wondering what happens during cold days when it comes to energy use. Sounds like it´s going to have to use loads of energy to keep it warm during all these cold days London has.

Uh - what´s the point of charging the battery with the engine? That means it will use excess gasoline to charge the batteries instead of using it directly for moving the boat forward. That´s rather insane from an eco-perspective.