So are they actually using kites or did they just want to call a sail something different? Because kites are a pain in the ass when they’re small. I couldn’t imagine trying to manage a giant one.
This is actually SUPER cool. Traditional sails can’t move modern cargo ships, so they said, “Ok. What would a non-traditional sail that COULD move them look like?”
Some of the most egregious polluters are cargo ships. They burn the dirtiest fuel and their carbon footprint is enormous.
Anything to lessen this would be fantastic.
The idea for this is at least ten years or more old, and I’ve yet to see a single ship use it. Just like all these fucking battery breakthroughs that never amount to anything close to longer life batteries in cell phones.
vegetablemonger says
Like…a…sail?
shanemcoyle says
So, a sail
Negative-Yoghurt-727 says
We’ve invented sailing
mandowithanerfgun says
ho does this even fit the sub? Tankers have been using Kites for almost two decades now.
master_dman says
Wow.
Amazing. harnessing the power of the wind. What other technological advances will they come up with next.
Old_Conservative1956 says
More accurately a spinnaker. As long as wind is abaft the beam, fairly controllable.
CitizenCobalt says
So are they actually using kites or did they just want to call a sail something different? Because kites are a pain in the ass when they’re small. I couldn’t imagine trying to manage a giant one.
Just use a sail, damnit.
Mjerijn says
This was news years ago.
OllieFromCairo says
This is actually SUPER cool. Traditional sails can’t move modern cargo ships, so they said, “Ok. What would a non-traditional sail that COULD move them look like?”
FoxNewsIsRussia says
Some of the most egregious polluters are cargo ships. They burn the dirtiest fuel and their carbon footprint is enormous.
Anything to lessen this would be fantastic.
eruditeimbecile says
The idea for this is at least ten years or more old, and I’ve yet to see a single ship use it. Just like all these fucking battery breakthroughs that never amount to anything close to longer life batteries in cell phones.
Recordcraptaker says
I read that as “kitties”, could have been a way cooler story
Fantastic-Aside7041 says
You mean the wind could propel a ship? What’s next, streams powering grain mills?
czs5056 says
Wind power ships, what a time to be alive
Asimpbarb says
The future, brought to you by the past!