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Giant kites could pull cargo ships across the ocean – and slash their carbon emissions - Beehaw (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by VenDiagraphein to c/tidalpunk
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[–] Ater@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean... Like a sail?

[–] BastingChemina 4 points 1 year ago

A sail but that can be used on regular ships. It's a big difference, you don't need to build a whole different ship to use it.

There is also multiple modern cargo sailboat that are being developed.