ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 months agoA cargo ship’s ‘WindWing’ sails saved it up to 12 tons of fuel per daywww.popsci.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1306arrow-down17cross-posted to: upliftingnews@lemmit.online
arrow-up1299arrow-down1external-linkA cargo ship’s ‘WindWing’ sails saved it up to 12 tons of fuel per daywww.popsci.comProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square29fedilinkcross-posted to: upliftingnews@lemmit.online
minus-squaretryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·8 months agoWhy wouldn’t it? Those sails are 37m tall. I found stacked containes to be at max stacked up to 25m.
minus-squareRecallMadness@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoAt a guess, because the 25m of containers only leave you with 12m of sail sticking out of the top. You can’t make the sail higher, as you’d just end up rolling the ship.
Why wouldn’t it? Those sails are 37m tall. I found stacked containes to be at max stacked up to 25m.
At a guess, because the 25m of containers only leave you with 12m of sail sticking out of the top.
You can’t make the sail higher, as you’d just end up rolling the ship.