Giant kites could pull ships across the ocean – and slash their carbon emissions | CNN
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French company Airseas has developed the Seawing, a kite to help propel cargo ships, which it says could cut their carbon emissions by an average of 20%.
  • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I dunno anything about kites but maybe the wind is always strong enough up there so that it never falls.

    I would suspect that a ship with these kites has an alternative method of traversal if the kite needs to dry or whatever. If that’s even a problem at all.