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Partially Wind-powered Cargo Ship Will Sail From China To Brazil In Test
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| 8/22
| Owen Bellwood
Posted on 08/22/2023 2:02:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Weren’t they ‘tested’, starting some 500 years ago?
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posted on
08/22/2023 2:03:43 PM PDT
by
BobL
(Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
To: nickcarraway
With the sails installed, the Pyxis Ocean’s voyage from China to Brazil is predicted to take six weeks. On a traditional voyage powered by fuel alone, the same journey can take anywhere between 20 and 40 days to compete.
Notice what they did there...........................
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posted on
08/22/2023 2:06:50 PM PDT
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: BobL
lol - thinking the same thing. Should have a skull & crossbones on the main sail.
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posted on
08/22/2023 2:07:08 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: nickcarraway
Biden suggests that they travel by train instead.
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posted on
08/22/2023 2:07:13 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(They say "Our Democracy" but they mean Cosa Nostra.)
To: PeterPrinciple
You mean they compared weeks to days?
To: BobL
Oars and Uyghar galley slaves are up next.
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posted on
08/22/2023 2:09:24 PM PDT
by
chickenlips
(Neuter your politicians)
To: nickcarraway
Isn’t that special ? As Dana Carvey would ask 30 years ago !!
Columbus did that I think.
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
08/22/2023 2:12:45 PM PDT
by
broken_clock
(Go Trump! Still praying.)
To: PeterPrinciple
The question is why?
6 weeks vs 4 to 8 weeks.
It is strange writing.
How about, the voyage is expected to be about the same.....
I guess 6weeks is the max speed vs 4 weeks.
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posted on
08/22/2023 2:13:19 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
(Trump is my President!)
To: nickcarraway
I saw that same picture two decades ago. I believe it was in a Popular Science mag back when they were so concerned about “peak oil.” Nothing is new.
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posted on
08/22/2023 2:17:26 PM PDT
by
arthurus
(covfefe o)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
08/22/2023 2:18:24 PM PDT
by
Rio
To: BobL
I think there may be merit to using wind again, as an assist. Even a few knots in assist can save thousands of gallons of fuel over a cruise.
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posted on
08/22/2023 2:18:39 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
To: nickcarraway
With the sails installed, the Pyxis Ocean’s voyage from China to Brazil is predicted to take six weeks. On a traditional voyage powered by fuel alone, the same journey can take anywhere between 20 and 40 days to compete. I would expect more precision from the engine driven journey and a greater variability from sails.
Nice change of units to confuse the reader.
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posted on
08/22/2023 2:19:15 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Democrats' version of MAGA: Making America the Gulag Archipelago )
To: nickcarraway
These things graces the cover of Popular Science in the Oil Embargo days of the 1970s.
They were stupid then, and they're stupid now.
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posted on
08/22/2023 2:24:16 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
To: Rio
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posted on
08/22/2023 2:24:17 PM PDT
by
Rio
To: BobL
Sailboats were first tested about 6,000 years ago (and we have the Polaroids to prove it).
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posted on
08/22/2023 2:31:26 PM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
To: nickcarraway
Note: This is a hybrid system...it still has conventional propulsion, as a strictly ‘green’ system is simply not viable. Hybrid systems, when you can use a ‘renewable’ power source to offset petroleum use, as availability allows, may make sense and may actually be achievable. Ultimately, the market will decide this.
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posted on
08/22/2023 2:31:26 PM PDT
by
rottndog
(What comes after America?)
To: nickcarraway
Welcome back to the mid 70s.
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posted on
08/22/2023 2:31:48 PM PDT
by
Professional Engineer
(Looks like I'll have to buy the White Album again.)
To: nickcarraway
BTW...I don’t see how they modify container ships for this...the ship is loaded and unloaded from the top, where the sails would normally go.
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posted on
08/22/2023 2:33:50 PM PDT
by
rottndog
(What comes after America?)
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