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Winged cargo ship saves three tonnes of fuel per day on first voyage (newatlas.com)
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[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

IIRC it still burns a crapload of regular fuel, say 14T a day; so yeah, it’s a savings, but it needs to be better.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago

Any savings is a good step. stop discounting those steps

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

14% gain is still extremely good.