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Kite-Powered Ship Launched

Posted by kdawson on from the aeolius-called-left-message dept.

The Grand Poobah writes "The big-kite technology we discussed last month has officially launched in Hamburg, Germany. Reuters has a writeup of the new technology, which aims to cut fossil fuel use on sea voyages by an estimated 20% by means of a huge computer-controlled kite. The link includes a video."

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  1. Re:I worked on this during by DeusExCalamus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Kindly mod parent down as spam/troll please.

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    "...Sleep comes like a drug in God's country Sad eyes, crooked crosses in God's country..."
  2. Re:Military usage by radarsat1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ah, where did i put my 'funny' mod points... :)

  3. Re:Economics look not so good, like awful by Ancient_Hacker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Touching, that in this cynical era there are still some hardy Pollyannas with indominable faith-- that think big bizness makes rational decisions based on facts. Never mind the $4 trillion Internet Bubble, AOL/Time Warner, Enron, Edsel, Segway, etc... I'm going all gooey and verklempt, I swear.