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Giant kites could pull cargo ships across the ocean – and slash their carbon emissions (www.cnn.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I once heard of a giant kite technology like this called “sails” but it was retired in favor of fossil fules

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Kites don't take up deck space like masts for sails do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.