>the powerplant of a Zimwalt,
78 Megawatts or better yet 100 MW would give us capabilities that we just don't have in certain situations; especially if some of that wattage was modular in nature and could be offloaded to land, sea, or air based missions. Think dispersion. Consider natura disasters or military disasters where gas or oil infrastructures go down? Then you have to carry in a lot of fuel whereas electric can partially be restored by sunlight alone, charged by grid, generators, or fuel. What happened in Ashley was a prime example, where gas stations were knocked out for weeks, roads collapsed, fallen trees stopped most heavy equipment, mud made heavy equipment come to a halt. If done properly, it would be portable batteries that could easily be transported back to ship, swapped with vehicles, used in grid blackouts, the list goes on and on. It makes sense.