Helen Czerski on Nostr: Before steamships came along, sailing ships like Cutty Sark went pretty much ...

Before steamships came along, sailing ships like Cutty Sark went pretty much everywhere, and they weren’t dependent on hopping between fossil fuel depots. They had less clockwork-like predictability, but greater freedom, lower costs & zero emissions. And now the shipping industry is making a serious effort to regain some of those advantages:

“A cargo ship fitted with giant, rigid British-designed sails has set out on its maiden voyage”

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66543643?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

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