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The Return of Sail Power: Cargo Ships Are Turning Back to the Wind

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  1. usrusr · · focus · HN ↗
    Skysails tried, now they appear to have fully pivoted to land based power generation.

    My dream future would see the oceans swarming with kite driven robotic boats that just cruise around under kite power, harvesting electricity with hydrogenerators as they go, feeding that power into a hydrolyser slowly filling some hydrogen storage unit that they drop off for sale at a port when full.

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