alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoPioneering wind-powered cargo ship sets sailwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1217arrow-down15
arrow-up1212arrow-down1external-linkPioneering wind-powered cargo ship sets sailwww.bbc.co.ukalphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-square_number8_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63arrow-down3·11 months agoholy shit, a wind powered ship. what a marvel of modern tech
minus-squarerynzcycle@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down1·11 months agoBut wind is unreliable, I’m excited about new hydro powered ships where the crew actually push the ship along using long water-pushing paddles.
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·11 months agoWon’t help climate change, crews emit too much methane.
minus-squarermuk@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoIt’s not the crew’s fault, it’s the intensive way they’re bred. We need vegan ships.
minus-squarejsveiga@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoVegetables are really bad at rowing though.
minus-squaresnooggums@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 months agoWhat are you talking about? The vegetables are in neat rows in every garden I have ever see. smh my head
minus-squaremookulator@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoThat ship has got to be quite a bit heavier than pre-industrial sail ships though right?
holy shit, a wind powered ship. what a marvel of modern tech
But wind is unreliable, I’m excited about new hydro powered ships where the crew actually push the ship along using long water-pushing paddles.
Won’t help climate change, crews emit too much methane.
It’s not the crew’s fault, it’s the intensive way they’re bred. We need vegan ships.
Vegetables are really bad at rowing though.
What are you talking about?
The vegetables are in neat rows in every garden I have ever see.
smh my head
That ship has got to be quite a bit heavier than pre-industrial sail ships though right?