·        A new sailboat concept could carry 7000 cars at nearly the speed of fossil fuel cargo ships.

·        Traditional cargo ships are a requirement of the global economy and account for 2 percent of energy-related carbon emissions.

·        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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