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Winged cargo ship saves three tonnes of fuel per day on first voyage (newatlas.com)

submitted 2 years ago by mac@programming.dev to c/tech@programming.dev

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[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Great idea but a cargo ship has like 2% top surface showing, the rest is containers of future landfill :(

[–] Magrath@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm sure they could put temporary solar panels on the containers. It would be more work but would it save enough on fuel to make it worth it? Who knows.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It would be more work but would it save enough on fuel to make it worth it? Who knows.

Even without doing the math, I feel pretty confident saying that the answer is "no."