A New Day Dawns for Sailing Ships

By Nick Aster | February 25th, 2005 View Comments

windship.jpgAfter all those calculations about how many gallons of diesel fuel you burned moving those widgets from Singapore to Long Beach, you can let your guilt down a notch. Sailing vessels are back. SkySails is a Danish firm who claim they can reduce fuel consumption by up to 50% by attaching enormous kite-like sails to cargo ships. [link via alt-e]

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  • That is fantastic.
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