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Bottom line: impressive optics, zero impact for this technology on global warming, it's a distraction.
by urig 11mo ago
Bottom line: impressive optics, zero impact for this technology on global warming, it's a distraction.
- lukan 11mo agoOr an experiment? Maybe eventually finding its niche, even if it doesn't solve climate change, but why would the impact be zero? If it does not use oil, then this is CO2 not released.
- theultdev 11mo agoWell it does use oil. > The 136-metre-long vessel had to rely partly on its auxiliary motor and its remaining sail after the aft sail was damaged in a storm shortly after departure. Used the motor "shortly after departure".
- lukan 11mo agoYes. Experiments have a tendency to show where problems are.
- theultdev 11mo agoSails are not a new experiment. Hundreds of years of progress and known limitations. They failed immediately because of a storm.
- snowstorm82 11mo agoLast summer we motored ~10% of the miles.That includes full day leg when there was practically no wind and few hours occasionally with combined powering. Working towards less or fractional oil based power can have significant benefits.
- Gud 11mo agoYou always start small.
- CWuestefeld 11mo agoI expect that it's much worse than zero impact. Don't forget that they've got to build and maintain the ship, feed the crew, and so forth. It seems likely that what they're not using in the actual propulsion of the ship, they're expending anyway - and then some - because they've lost the economies of scale of giant cargo ships.