A cargo ship with 123-foot ‘WindWing’ sails has just departed on its maiden voyage::Retrofitted with 123-foot ‘WindWings,’ ‘Pyxis Ocean’ is testing two giant sails on its six-week journey from China to Brazil.

  • XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    OK, replace “petroleum” with “fossil fuel engines” and then replace “overnight” with “as fast as technologically possible at whatever time period you wish to examine in which powered transport was faster and more consistent than sailing ships” and the rest stands all the same