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There are types of sails or wind power that have been investigated to reduce carbon output / efficiency of tankers but they never seem to have been deployed at
by thinkingkong 5y ago
There are types of sails or wind power that have been investigated to reduce carbon output / efficiency of tankers but they never seem to have been deployed at scale in any sense. Basically a kite-surfing tanker.
It seems like until we get tiny compact fusion energy we'll always end up running off the cheapest oil products, as they make the most sense economically. Without any actual incentive to switch, not a single shipping company will.
- AtlasBarfed 5y agoLFTR: it's almost everything you want from fusion but can do now. Scales down for the size No meltdown/overload No proliferation risk But... artificial fuels are probably the (at least) carbon neutral path forward for shipping and aviation.