There's hope yet for the iconic city. 🛳️
Most culpable for the damage to Venitian cities via water waves are water taxis and tourist boats. When they zoom through the city's slim canals, they create a wake, which slushes up into the foundation and walls of the canal. On a long enough timeline, the energy transferred via water waves accelerates the natural erosion of buildings, bringing them closer to collapse.
Additionally, the majority of motorboat engines don't come with catalytic converters that cars have, which means they pump nitrogen oxides and particulate matter into the air -- which is acidic, and hastens the erosion of Venice's medieval structures, much of which are already . And this sad state of affairs is getting worse with every day of traffic from wake-heavy boats rumbling through the city's canals.However, the absence of waterway traffic amid the COVID-19 coronavirus has turned some heads, exposed to new ideas from the unusually clear waters, thanks to the lower traffic volume.
Hydrofoils will likely catch on in the coming years, not least of which because they enable fast travel on battery power without creating a pesky wake, overwhelming noise, or even slamming, according to Erik Eklund, Candela's director of public transport, in the company blog post.The C-7 can maintain a high cruise speed of 20 knots for more than 2 hours, much longer than comparable electric boats.
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