yenahmik@beehaw.org to Environment@beehaw.org · 1 year agoGiant kites could pull cargo ships across the ocean – and slash their carbon emissionswww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareLamy@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoI once heard of a giant kite technology like this called “sails” but it was retired in favor of fossil fules
minus-squaretentphone@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoKites don’t take up deck space like masts for sails do.
minus-squareDislodge3233@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoKites are more efficient. For one they can be much larger, but you can also put them at angles that you can’t operate a sail at.
I once heard of a giant kite technology like this called “sails” but it was retired in favor of fossil fules
Kites don’t take up deck space like masts for sails do.
Kites are more efficient. For one they can be much larger, but you can also put them at angles that you can’t operate a sail at.