The global shipping industry is going old school, and using sails again.

Yep, they’ve re-invented the sail, but if it helps cut emissions, why not?

    • Flying Squid@mander.xyzOP
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      1 year ago

      As I said, yes, they basically re-invented the sail. However, these can be installed on ships which don’t have any place to put a sail and the process to release it and bring it back in is apparently automated. A 20% reduction in emissions just by attaching a kite to existing cargo ships is impressive to me.