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Airseas installs its first fuel-saving auto-kite on a cargo ship
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| December 16, 2021
| By Loz Blain
Posted on 12/17/2021 11:51:10 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Organic Panic
Makes you wonder how ships sailed prior to cotton.......................
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:08:36 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Coffee... Black... No Sugar
Lol... Hand slaps forehead... Why not? Well they are...
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:08:45 PM PST
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: Red Badger
Flettner rotors were supposed to save 20% in fuel too. The idea keeps coming back every few years.
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:10:34 PM PST
by
Rinnwald
To: Organic Panic
Yep... and soon folks will be choosing a fence jumping Missouri Mule instead of a micromanaged car... lol
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:11:31 PM PST
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: al baby
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:11:36 PM PST
by
sit-rep
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To: steve86
That 100 tons of pull would really move my 15’ runabout!
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:12:17 PM PST
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: Openurmind
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:13:23 PM PST
by
sit-rep
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To: Rinnwald
It is actually a good idea with good physics. I have built rotor models that drove generators very efficiently.
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:13:40 PM PST
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: Red Badger
That picture and article can almost be from The Babylon Bee. Great if it works out. 20% is a good savings.
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:15:30 PM PST
by
stevio
To: sit-rep
:) I have had to do it too. I always carried a tarp and rigging lines to do that if I needed to.
Might have to wait for the wind to change direction, and ride it while it is right, but eventually you can get there. :)
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:16:33 PM PST
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: sit-rep
You now have 7 subscribers....a 16.67% increase...ought to get those Utube bucks.
;>)
Goat girl still making goat milk soap?
Was well received gift.
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:16:35 PM PST
by
Covenantor
(We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
To: Red Badger
thatsa big kite!! In my vid that is a 19mtr kite. that large for a 12mph wind with a 160lb human. 5400sqft works out to a 501mtr kite!! lol... quite impractical in reality!
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:17:58 PM PST
by
sit-rep
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To: Red Badger
Skins... Papyrus... Bamboo... :)
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:18:18 PM PST
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:18:36 PM PST
by
sit-rep
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To: BBQToadRibs2
That stuff’s in the genes. I had a 22 foot cruiser and then years later found out my great great uncle was a captain in the late 1800s. I doubt his ship had as many sails as that pic though. Still probably had more than mine and he couldn’t tack like a modern sailboat and had to use the trade winds.
Dad and his uncle had motors as they were lobstermen. Still out out he water though. They both went out alone in their own boats and my dad could hardly tread water.
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:19:03 PM PST
by
Pollard
(PureBlood -- youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
To: Covenantor
?? ...ya lost me! Goat girl??
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:20:39 PM PST
by
sit-rep
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To: Red Badger
That’s very cool. Let the air pull you across the ocean. What a concept.
To: Openurmind
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:27:58 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: steve86
Real................................
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:29:21 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
In a hurrricane it`ll do 250 knots.
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:35:50 PM PST
by
bunkerhill7
(That`s 464 people per square foot! Is this corrrect..it was NYC.)
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