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Break out the sea shanties, lads and lasses! (media.kbin.social)

submitted 9 months ago by PugJesus@kbin.social to c/HistoryMemes@kbin.social

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[–] Lath@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Wasn't there something about global currents getting fucked by the climate change, creating a lot of dead zones in the process and rendering this sort of development virtually pointless?

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've seen articles about ship kites for multiple decades now. Why is this tech still treated as a novelty?

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is it because they can't get it to work?

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

no idea, i guess either that or it never pans out to be cost effective.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I thought it was the low speed. And variability of wind

[–] Chefdano3@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Giant kites? You mean sails? Not exactly cutting edge technology.

[–] Skua@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Generally these ideas do actually mean kites rather than sails. The article in the image is about a design for a kite on a cable a few hundred metres long. This would only work when going downwind, but it does mean it's a lot easier to retrofit to existing ships