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These massive, wing-like 'sails' could add wind power to cargo ships (www.popsci.com)
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[–] poVoq 7 points 1 year ago

Bunker fuel is too cheap and environmental regulations are not sufficiently enforced on open seas. So the shipping lines will pay a lip service to such kind of ideas and maybe even fund some research into it to hedge against regulators starting to enforce pollution limits, but as long as this isn't happening...