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"Giant kites" (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/funny@lemmy.world

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[–] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The sail kite project has had claims of up to 10% fuel savings for about 20 years, now.

It's all moot when we should just be focusing on figuring out practical nuclear shipping. It's the only way to meet or exceed our current standard and be carbon-free. The NS Savannah proved it could be profitable ages ago, and that without any economy of scale to reduce costs.