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A
new sailboat concept could carry 7000 cars at nearly the speed of fossil
fuel cargo ships.
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Traditional cargo ships are a requirement of the
global economy and account for 2 percent of energy-related carbon emissions.
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This
sailboat uses vertical "airplane wings" and an algorithm to
continuously maximize speed.
A wind-powered super
sailboat could change how we ship cargo, reducing energy-related carbon emissions
in a method still used by 90 percent of manufactured goods. The
Wallenius Marine OceanBird can carry 7000 cars at a time and
is powered totally by wind.
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